Even before the Voodoo5 there were the Quantum 3D Obsidian Cards, as well as a line of Quantum 3D cards based on the Voodoo1 Chipset. I still have my Obsidian sitting in my apartment. It was/is basically two cards in a single slot. It's damn heavy, and you really need some kind of support to hold the far end up (far end being the end away from the VGA connector). I ran mine without something to prop it up for about a month and the card itself started to bend from the weight. I don't know why it was designed the way it was. All of the card's weight was concentrated at the end which would have the least support for some reason. The card itself aside from that worked very very well, in fact it works flawlessly to this day.
I have toyed with the idea of throwing the card into one of my older computers to play some of the Glide only games that came with it or my Voodoo1 Card. Whiplash 3D, while not stunning to look at by todays standards, was damn fun to play.
Were you using a precompiled kernel? On the one machine I have 2.6.6 on at the moment, my NVidia drivers work fine, but I made sure not to use the new stack size when configuring it. If it was precompiled then you may have hit the stack size problem. I didn't see anything in the Changelog mentioning that for 2.6.7 they made the stack size change permanent (but I only skimmed it), so it is probably still an option. Admittedly I haven't had a chance to download 2.6.7 and check yet, so I may be wrong.
Based on my reading, someone from Nvidia gave em some hints. Nvidia had fixed the bug in the BIOS and gave the information to the manufacturers, but only one manufacturer actually fixed their BIOS (Shuttle I think?). Since no one else was fixing it, someone from Nvidia explained what the problem was and how to figure out if a BIOS had been fixed or not, as well as information on a work around to stop things from crashing. I could be wrong on this, since I still haven't had my coffee yet and this is from memory.
So far as I know those fixes went in to 2.6.6. Unfortunately, as a result of not being able to move to 2.6.6 yet, I haven't been able to test this fix (My two primary machines have NForce2 chipsets), but supposedly it's fixed.
I am just wondering how long it will take to get cameras installed with publically accessable feeds along "The Block". I haven't been in that area in a while, but last time I was there quite a few of the "dancers" were hanging around outside the clubs trying to drum up business.
It would have been kind of funny to put some along 14th and M-L streets in DC as well when that was still "Ho Row". I am not sure where they all moved to, but it was hilarious sometimes driving through that area at 2AM after leaving a club.
You might want to check and see if there are some caps going bad on the MoBo. If one of them is starting to go, then chances are that some of the others are probably going to start going soon as well. Better to catch it now IMHO.
Yes, this has happened to me before. It also does assume you are talking about an onboard controller on the MoBo, and not an add-on card.
So that this isn't completely off topic. I still have all the drives I have ever owned as well. Including a 90 Gig Conner that came out of a (at the time) new 386DX 33MHz machine that had a Math Co. It still amazes me that I paid 3,500 USD for that machine. I will say this though, after all these years, that drive STILL works, slowly, but it still works.
I have had the same experience with Lite-On products. Every optical drive I have gotten from them has been consistently rock solid. I have only had one issue with my combo DVD/CD-RW drives, but that is the fault of the 2.6 Linux Kernel series (2.4.X Kernel reads the discs flawlessly).
At this point I have 16 Lite-On drives in my computers in my apartment, and all of them have run flawlessly since purchase, aside from things outside of their control (Kernel problem).
Great products which are also very affordable. If I am not mistaken, many of the "brand name" products are rebranded Lite-Ons with a markup, but I will have to check on that.
Thanks for the post, I hadn't seen Tenjou Tenge, but I will start looking for it. I am a fan of Capoeira, so that is the draw for me. For action I will stick with Naruto (I like the filler episodes. I think they add a great deal to character devel.) and GITS:SAC 2nd Gig.
Now if only I could get LMF to speed up their fansubbing process. I think they have aired up to episode 10, but LMF is lagging at episode 8. They do a damn good job though, so I refuse to actually complain about it.
Some other series I will mention here, because lots of folks haven't seen them, though you may have. Many of these are well known, as they should be.
Chobits - Funny series about a student who gets a very lifelike robot companion. Situations include things like his embarassment about having to go to a womens garment shop to buy her panties. Fun story, some of the sexual awkwardness stuff is classic. 26 Episodes.
Naruto - Good Action Anime. Think Dragonball Z, only good. Filler episodes generally consist of well done character development, generally in the form of flashbacks. Throw in some comedy for good measure, Naruto's current instructor is affectionately known as "Perverted Hermit" (translation) for example. The series itself is about young Ninjas learning the extents of their abilities, learning to deal with one another, cope with their past, etc. To really get into the series, watch at least the first maybe 30 episodes. Episode 86 aired last night. Movie this summer, and 5 more seasons of episodes already planned.
Scrapped Princess - Good Drama/Action Anime. Story revolves around a girl and her two older siblings. The girl is the focus of a prophecy regarding the undoing of the world. As a result, everyone wants to kill her before she can come of age. Very well done anime, with a fun story, and giant robots. Animation is well done, soundtrack is well done. Kind of reminds me personally of Evangelion, but without as much tourment. 24 episodes.
Gungrave - Interesting series about an avenger who has come back from the grave to destroy the mob leader whom he helped put into power. Very well writen series. Interesting story, fairly good artwork/animation, overall a pretty solid package. 26 episodes, that I have seen. There may be some later ones which I haven't seen.
.hack//SIGN - Fairly well known and already released in the US. Well done story about a boy/girl who has been trapped within a massive MMORPG called "The World". Artwork is well done, story is interesting, especially if you play MMORPGs. This ones strongest point however is the soundtrack which, in my humble opinion, is simply wonderful. 26 Episodes.
Rurouni Kenshin - Before I get murdered, I hated this series at first. It only actually became enjoyable after what I am going to recommend. The first OVA is simply beautiful, as is the second. The first OVA sets the stage for the TV series, though it was made after the TV series was already airing. It gives background on Kenshin's reasoning for never killing again, and made the TV series FAR more enjoyable. Check out "Rurouni Kenshin - Reminiscence", also known as "Trust and Betrayal". The artwork is wonderful, the story is wonderful, the character development is wonderful, the music is wonderful, and hell even the voice acting is well done. The second OVA doesn't make a ton of sense unless you have watched your way through the TV series, so unless you watch the first OVA, and then the TV series, I really can't recommend it.
Full Metal Panic - Fun series about Giant Robots, what the hell more do you need. Good artwork, interesting story, and some very funny comedic moments. Also some well done action sequences. I am not talking about Fumoffu here, but the original series. 24 Episodes. This series is admittedly more for action fans than those looking for depth. Very enjoyable though.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - I know that it's been mentioned everywhere, but in th
I have for quite a while upgraded the mobo when getting a faster processor, in the past I would stick with the same mobo. There are two primary reasons I have been swapping both at once.
The first is that I have had two boards die as a result of bad caps within the past year. When I went to get new boards, processor prices had dropped so I figured why not, and replaced the processors as well.
The second reason being that now my two main machines, when things get upgraded, pass on their hardware to older machines that can use it. When a processor/motherboard gets upgraded, another machine gets upgraded with my old used hardware.
If I hadn't had boards passing away from bad caps, and I hadn't had a massive number of machines that could use processor/motherboard upgrades, I wouldn't be replacing the boards. Most of the boards I have now are fairly up to date in terms of features, so I really have no use for upgrading boards anymore until I get the cash for a dual Opteron, which is my next planned upgrade.
So until then, all computers in my apartment (sorry, no, I don't live in mom's basement, either my own or someone elses.) get processor upgrades, maybe memory upgrades, but no more board upgrades. Unless, of course, more caps go bad.
While I will say, love the list, I don't know how many people can get into some of those genres. Drum and Bass just really isn't for everyone for example. Trip-Hop tends to be a bit easier on your "average joe". That having been said, one of the nice things about your list is that many also have sub-genres. D-n-B has many, as does Trip-Hop.
Much of the stuff I have seen however in all of those genres is on major labels, at least if memory serves it has been. I think many of the D-n-B labels are owned by majors at this point, but I could be wrong. Same with Trip-Hop. Do you know of any good sources for Indie D-n-B or Trip Hop?
Again, I haven't checked to see which of the labels I know of are Indie or Major. Moving Shadow may for instance be Indie (Are they still around?).
In the immortal words of Bill Hicks "... I want my rockstars dead!"
Great Quote. It's a shame Bill is no longer around, I would love to hear him rant on the more current music industry, as well as the P2P problems. I am sure he would come up with something that would make me wet myself.
I can't help but wonder who he would have sucking Satan's cock in an updated rant.
up front you know EXACTLY what you are in for, which is a special effects romp with a thinner than air story line.
I think you may have just described almost EVERY action movie I have EVER seen. It either comes down to special effects romp(current trend), or more things explode than the last movie(old trend). Sometimes you get lucky with an action flick and get BOTH. It's like hitting the action movie lotto.
I think everyone needs to see a silly camp movie once in a while and stop being so damn critical...
If you like silly camp check out Reptilian, if you haven't already. Cheap B-Grade Godzilla knock off (Is it even possible to make a worse Godzilla movie? Yes, yes it is, and Reptilian is the proof.)
While I do agree that ID4 really did suck. I will go see Day After Tomorrow because it's a different movie, a different cast, and a different story.
For when it came out ID4 was nice visually, every other part of the movie was horrid, but the CG was fairly nice. I do however agree, that in terms of marketing, it isn't the brightest thing to do.
I don't go to an action movie for the storyline generally, I go to an action movie to watch things get blown up, and this looks to be just a sci-fi/action movie. The standards for those aren't terribly high in my opinion. There are, of course, acceptions to this. I will also be seeing Alien vs. Predator, and Chronicles of Riddick. Neither will be very good in the ways you may be looking for (Alien vs. Predator will probably be the better of those two), but I will sure as hell be plopping down money for those as well.
In the end, I go to a movie to be entertained not to find some deep meaning in the movie, because in the majority of movies, especially when dealing with an action movie, there is no deep meaning. The story lines of most movies have plot holes large enough to drive a truck through. The character development usually sucks for all but the main characters, and even the character development there is often questionable. In a sea of horrible movies, in the end ID4 really wasn't as bad as it could have been. If you need proof of that, watch some of the stuff that goes straight to video.
If I get some fun out of Day After Tomorrow, then I get some fun out of it, and that fun is what I pay admission for. Hell, at least it isn't Pluto Nash or Ecks vs. Sever
Is the movie based on the Bis-Quickening? That's the only Art Bell book I am aware of. I haven't read it, but I used to listen to his show for the laughs, as well as have friends who were guests on the show (Albert Taylor and a few others). I also hadn't heard anything regarding the movie being based on a book by Art Bell.
To the grandparent poster, in case you read this, great quote.
They may be sticking to the "rules", but are using a loophole. If you look at the layout of the area surrounding "Area 51" (Nellis Range Complex), it is broken up into smaller chunks. "Area 51" is simply the name of the chunk in which the runways/hangars reside.
Each plot of land may be no larger than 10sq.mi. I will have to check that, I haven't looked at the layout of the plots of land for a while, but the Nellis Range itself is very large. It is larger than Connecticut if my memory serves me correctly.
BAH!!!! I know the Government is real, so stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes with your disinformation. I have seen plenty of Congress Critters harassing strippers (Exotic Dancers or Amply Endowed Entertainment Engineers, for those who wish to be PC) in DC to know that the Government does in fact exist.
Maybe Area 51 is real, he is real, the government is real, but the strippers are a hoax.
Shamelessly ripped from the script for "This is Spinal Tap".
David: I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been...that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
Ian: I really think you're just making a much too big thing out of it.
Derek: Making a big thing out of it would've been a good idea.
Ian: Nigel gave me a drawing that said eighteen inches. Alright?
David: I know he did, and that's what I'm talking about.
Ian: Now, whether he knows the difference between feet and inches is not my problem. I do what I'm told.
David: But you're not as confused as him are you? I mean it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel is.
Jeanine: The audience were laughing.
Ian: So it became a comedy number.
David: Yes it did! Yes it fucking well did, and it was not pleasant to be part of the comedy on stage. Backstage, perhaps, it was very amusing.
Derek: Maybe we just fix the choreography. Keep the dwarf clear.
I can't speak for any other games, but in Neverquest it doesn't take all that long if you have a group or someone there to power level you. As a former Neverquest player, I have two accounts. This saved me from having to look for a group, and made my time playing FAR more enjoyable. I got my second account a few years after my first, and as a result had no characters on the account who could actually group with my "main". So I set off to do some power leveling of my own characters. In 3-4 days I had the primary power leveled character well above level 50. I am not sure what the current level cap is, at the time this occured it was still level 60. After that point I no longer had to hunt for a group, I would log both accounts on and get to killing things. I was churning out massive amounts of EQ cash daily. If I were to start playing again I am fairly certain I could churn enough in my favorite spots to pull in at least 7-9K Plat Pieces per day per character. Assuming that those spots are still as unhunted as they were a year ago.
That having been said. I have no idea why people are so obsessed with these games that they will spend hard earned real life cash on them, aside from the monthly fee. The games aren't "hard" by any stretch of the imagination at least in my humble opinion.
Granted, I did have an advantage, though not one which many of the others playing don't also have. I didn't have to wait for a group for an hour when I logged on to get anything "accomplished" in the game.
So, yes, if you have a set group and lots of time, you can sure as hell get alot done in a current MMORPG. In fact the only thing you can't get done, really, is camping those long never appearing spawns that have a specific item. That can be solved by having a smaller team of people alternating characters at the spawn point, one logs off another takes over the camp.
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I am concerned about prior art, maybe even industrial espionage. Has anyone contacted the company that made Wonder Woman's invisible jet to see if they have had anyone break into their network recently.
All joking aside, did anyone else see this and have Ghost in the Shell flashbacks?
If I recall correctly, there were Voodoo1 SLI type systems, but they were primarily used in arcades, and were produced by Quantum3D. They may not have been actual SLI systems, but they did use multiple 3Dfx chips, at any rate.
Quantum3D also produced the Obsidian3D cards, which were single slot Voodoo2 SLI cards, unfortunately because of the weight of the cards, they had a problem with bending unless you had a way to brace the end farthest from the PCI slot inside your case. Very long cards, very heavy cards
They seem to have been built like tanks though. I still have one at home that I keep around for playing some of the GLIDE only games that came out when 3Dfx was doing well.
While not SLI related, there was a card, I think the Voodoo6 6000, that never got released (at least to the best of my knowledge), it was basically a quad voodoo5, I think. It looked somewhat similar to the Nvidia 6800, including needing two slots worth of space on the MoBo. It also had it's own external power supply that would connect to the back of the card next to the VGA connector.
It makes me wonder how many of those 3Dfx people are still plodding away at Nvidia after the buyout. The GeForceFX cards and the GeForce 6800 cards really do look alot like that beast that 3Dfx was trying to release before they got purchased by Nvidia.
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Even before the Voodoo5 there were the Quantum 3D Obsidian Cards, as well as a line of Quantum 3D cards based on the Voodoo1 Chipset. I still have my Obsidian sitting in my apartment. It was/is basically two cards in a single slot. It's damn heavy, and you really need some kind of support to hold the far end up (far end being the end away from the VGA connector). I ran mine without something to prop it up for about a month and the card itself started to bend from the weight. I don't know why it was designed the way it was. All of the card's weight was concentrated at the end which would have the least support for some reason. The card itself aside from that worked very very well, in fact it works flawlessly to this day.
I have toyed with the idea of throwing the card into one of my older computers to play some of the Glide only games that came with it or my Voodoo1 Card. Whiplash 3D, while not stunning to look at by todays standards, was damn fun to play.
Were you using a precompiled kernel? On the one machine I have 2.6.6 on at the moment, my NVidia drivers work fine, but I made sure not to use the new stack size when configuring it. If it was precompiled then you may have hit the stack size problem. I didn't see anything in the Changelog mentioning that for 2.6.7 they made the stack size change permanent (but I only skimmed it), so it is probably still an option. Admittedly I haven't had a chance to download 2.6.7 and check yet, so I may be wrong.
Based on my reading, someone from Nvidia gave em some hints. Nvidia had fixed the bug in the BIOS and gave the information to the manufacturers, but only one manufacturer actually fixed their BIOS (Shuttle I think?). Since no one else was fixing it, someone from Nvidia explained what the problem was and how to figure out if a BIOS had been fixed or not, as well as information on a work around to stop things from crashing. I could be wrong on this, since I still haven't had my coffee yet and this is from memory.
So far as I know those fixes went in to 2.6.6. Unfortunately, as a result of not being able to move to 2.6.6 yet, I haven't been able to test this fix (My two primary machines have NForce2 chipsets), but supposedly it's fixed.
I am just wondering how long it will take to get cameras installed with publically accessable feeds along "The Block". I haven't been in that area in a while, but last time I was there quite a few of the "dancers" were hanging around outside the clubs trying to drum up business.
It would have been kind of funny to put some along 14th and M-L streets in DC as well when that was still "Ho Row". I am not sure where they all moved to, but it was hilarious sometimes driving through that area at 2AM after leaving a club.
You might want to check and see if there are some caps going bad on the MoBo. If one of them is starting to go, then chances are that some of the others are probably going to start going soon as well. Better to catch it now IMHO.
Yes, this has happened to me before. It also does assume you are talking about an onboard controller on the MoBo, and not an add-on card.
So that this isn't completely off topic. I still have all the drives I have ever owned as well. Including a 90 Gig Conner that came out of a (at the time) new 386DX 33MHz machine that had a Math Co. It still amazes me that I paid 3,500 USD for that machine. I will say this though, after all these years, that drive STILL works, slowly, but it still works.
I have had the same experience with Lite-On products. Every optical drive I have gotten from them has been consistently rock solid. I have only had one issue with my combo DVD/CD-RW drives, but that is the fault of the 2.6 Linux Kernel series (2.4.X Kernel reads the discs flawlessly).
At this point I have 16 Lite-On drives in my computers in my apartment, and all of them have run flawlessly since purchase, aside from things outside of their control (Kernel problem).
Great products which are also very affordable. If I am not mistaken, many of the "brand name" products are rebranded Lite-Ons with a markup, but I will have to check on that.
Thanks for the post, I hadn't seen Tenjou Tenge, but I will start looking for it. I am a fan of Capoeira, so that is the draw for me. For action I will stick with Naruto (I like the filler episodes. I think they add a great deal to character devel.) and GITS:SAC 2nd Gig.
.hack//SIGN - Fairly well known and already released in the US. Well done story about a boy/girl who has been trapped within a massive MMORPG called "The World". Artwork is well done, story is interesting, especially if you play MMORPGs. This ones strongest point however is the soundtrack which, in my humble opinion, is simply wonderful. 26 Episodes.
Now if only I could get LMF to speed up their fansubbing process. I think they have aired up to episode 10, but LMF is lagging at episode 8. They do a damn good job though, so I refuse to actually complain about it.
Some other series I will mention here, because lots of folks haven't seen them, though you may have. Many of these are well known, as they should be.
Chobits - Funny series about a student who gets a very lifelike robot companion. Situations include things like his embarassment about having to go to a womens garment shop to buy her panties. Fun story, some of the sexual awkwardness stuff is classic. 26 Episodes.
Naruto - Good Action Anime. Think Dragonball Z, only good. Filler episodes generally consist of well done character development, generally in the form of flashbacks. Throw in some comedy for good measure, Naruto's current instructor is affectionately known as "Perverted Hermit" (translation) for example. The series itself is about young Ninjas learning the extents of their abilities, learning to deal with one another, cope with their past, etc. To really get into the series, watch at least the first maybe 30 episodes. Episode 86 aired last night. Movie this summer, and 5 more seasons of episodes already planned.
Scrapped Princess - Good Drama/Action Anime. Story revolves around a girl and her two older siblings. The girl is the focus of a prophecy regarding the undoing of the world. As a result, everyone wants to kill her before she can come of age. Very well done anime, with a fun story, and giant robots. Animation is well done, soundtrack is well done. Kind of reminds me personally of Evangelion, but without as much tourment. 24 episodes.
Gungrave - Interesting series about an avenger who has come back from the grave to destroy the mob leader whom he helped put into power. Very well writen series. Interesting story, fairly good artwork/animation, overall a pretty solid package. 26 episodes, that I have seen. There may be some later ones which I haven't seen.
Rurouni Kenshin - Before I get murdered, I hated this series at first. It only actually became enjoyable after what I am going to recommend. The first OVA is simply beautiful, as is the second. The first OVA sets the stage for the TV series, though it was made after the TV series was already airing. It gives background on Kenshin's reasoning for never killing again, and made the TV series FAR more enjoyable. Check out "Rurouni Kenshin - Reminiscence", also known as "Trust and Betrayal". The artwork is wonderful, the story is wonderful, the character development is wonderful, the music is wonderful, and hell even the voice acting is well done. The second OVA doesn't make a ton of sense unless you have watched your way through the TV series, so unless you watch the first OVA, and then the TV series, I really can't recommend it.
Full Metal Panic - Fun series about Giant Robots, what the hell more do you need. Good artwork, interesting story, and some very funny comedic moments. Also some well done action sequences. I am not talking about Fumoffu here, but the original series. 24 Episodes. This series is admittedly more for action fans than those looking for depth. Very enjoyable though.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - I know that it's been mentioned everywhere, but in th
I have for quite a while upgraded the mobo when getting a faster processor, in the past I would stick with the same mobo. There are two primary reasons I have been swapping both at once.
The first is that I have had two boards die as a result of bad caps within the past year. When I went to get new boards, processor prices had dropped so I figured why not, and replaced the processors as well.
The second reason being that now my two main machines, when things get upgraded, pass on their hardware to older machines that can use it. When a processor/motherboard gets upgraded, another machine gets upgraded with my old used hardware.
If I hadn't had boards passing away from bad caps, and I hadn't had a massive number of machines that could use processor/motherboard upgrades, I wouldn't be replacing the boards. Most of the boards I have now are fairly up to date in terms of features, so I really have no use for upgrading boards anymore until I get the cash for a dual Opteron, which is my next planned upgrade.
So until then, all computers in my apartment (sorry, no, I don't live in mom's basement, either my own or someone elses.) get processor upgrades, maybe memory upgrades, but no more board upgrades. Unless, of course, more caps go bad.
While I will say, love the list, I don't know how many people can get into some of those genres. Drum and Bass just really isn't for everyone for example. Trip-Hop tends to be a bit easier on your "average joe". That having been said, one of the nice things about your list is that many also have sub-genres. D-n-B has many, as does Trip-Hop.
Much of the stuff I have seen however in all of those genres is on major labels, at least if memory serves it has been. I think many of the D-n-B labels are owned by majors at this point, but I could be wrong. Same with Trip-Hop. Do you know of any good sources for Indie D-n-B or Trip Hop?
Again, I haven't checked to see which of the labels I know of are Indie or Major. Moving Shadow may for instance be Indie (Are they still around?).
I can't help but wonder who he would have sucking Satan's cock in an updated rant.
If you like silly camp check out Reptilian, if you haven't already. Cheap B-Grade Godzilla knock off (Is it even possible to make a worse Godzilla movie? Yes, yes it is, and Reptilian is the proof.)
While I do agree that ID4 really did suck. I will go see Day After Tomorrow because it's a different movie, a different cast, and a different story.
For when it came out ID4 was nice visually, every other part of the movie was horrid, but the CG was fairly nice. I do however agree, that in terms of marketing, it isn't the brightest thing to do.
I don't go to an action movie for the storyline generally, I go to an action movie to watch things get blown up, and this looks to be just a sci-fi/action movie. The standards for those aren't terribly high in my opinion. There are, of course, acceptions to this. I will also be seeing Alien vs. Predator, and Chronicles of Riddick. Neither will be very good in the ways you may be looking for (Alien vs. Predator will probably be the better of those two), but I will sure as hell be plopping down money for those as well.
In the end, I go to a movie to be entertained not to find some deep meaning in the movie, because in the majority of movies, especially when dealing with an action movie, there is no deep meaning. The story lines of most movies have plot holes large enough to drive a truck through. The character development usually sucks for all but the main characters, and even the character development there is often questionable. In a sea of horrible movies, in the end ID4 really wasn't as bad as it could have been. If you need proof of that, watch some of the stuff that goes straight to video.
If I get some fun out of Day After Tomorrow, then I get some fun out of it, and that fun is what I pay admission for. Hell, at least it isn't Pluto Nash or Ecks vs. Sever
Is the movie based on the Bis-Quickening? That's the only Art Bell book I am aware of. I haven't read it, but I used to listen to his show for the laughs, as well as have friends who were guests on the show (Albert Taylor and a few others). I also hadn't heard anything regarding the movie being based on a book by Art Bell.
To the grandparent poster, in case you read this, great quote.
They may be sticking to the "rules", but are using a loophole. If you look at the layout of the area surrounding "Area 51" (Nellis Range Complex), it is broken up into smaller chunks. "Area 51" is simply the name of the chunk in which the runways/hangars reside.
Each plot of land may be no larger than 10sq.mi. I will have to check that, I haven't looked at the layout of the plots of land for a while, but the Nellis Range itself is very large. It is larger than Connecticut if my memory serves me correctly.
BAH!!!! I know the Government is real, so stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes with your disinformation. I have seen plenty of Congress Critters harassing strippers (Exotic Dancers or Amply Endowed Entertainment Engineers, for those who wish to be PC) in DC to know that the Government does in fact exist.
Maybe Area 51 is real, he is real, the government is real, but the strippers are a hoax.
Cue the Silicone jokes.
Maybe the impact he/she was talking about involves a large tree?
While I do agree about the water core I have to disagree about Yoda. That ISN'T a cane, it's his pimp staff!
Actually, that was about the only scene I liked from Ep. 2.
I can't speak for any other games, but in Neverquest it doesn't take all that long if you have a group or someone there to power level you. As a former Neverquest player, I have two accounts. This saved me from having to look for a group, and made my time playing FAR more enjoyable. I got my second account a few years after my first, and as a result had no characters on the account who could actually group with my "main". So I set off to do some power leveling of my own characters. In 3-4 days I had the primary power leveled character well above level 50. I am not sure what the current level cap is, at the time this occured it was still level 60. After that point I no longer had to hunt for a group, I would log both accounts on and get to killing things. I was churning out massive amounts of EQ cash daily. If I were to start playing again I am fairly certain I could churn enough in my favorite spots to pull in at least 7-9K Plat Pieces per day per character. Assuming that those spots are still as unhunted as they were a year ago.
That having been said. I have no idea why people are so obsessed with these games that they will spend hard earned real life cash on them, aside from the monthly fee. The games aren't "hard" by any stretch of the imagination at least in my humble opinion.
Granted, I did have an advantage, though not one which many of the others playing don't also have. I didn't have to wait for a group for an hour when I logged on to get anything "accomplished" in the game.
So, yes, if you have a set group and lots of time, you can sure as hell get alot done in a current MMORPG. In fact the only thing you can't get done, really, is camping those long never appearing spawns that have a specific item. That can be solved by having a smaller team of people alternating characters at the spawn point, one logs off another takes over the camp.
I am concerned about prior art, maybe even industrial espionage. Has anyone contacted the company that made Wonder Woman's invisible jet to see if they have had anyone break into their network recently.
All joking aside, did anyone else see this and have Ghost in the Shell flashbacks?
Damnit, what are you trying to do, put a rip in the fabric of space-time?
There is no way in hell we could control that much energy.
Fighting fire with fire? Wouldn't that be more appropriate for Gonorrhea or Chlamydia?
If I recall correctly, there were Voodoo1 SLI type systems, but they were primarily used in arcades, and were produced by Quantum3D. They may not have been actual SLI systems, but they did use multiple 3Dfx chips, at any rate.
Quantum3D also produced the Obsidian3D cards, which were single slot Voodoo2 SLI cards, unfortunately because of the weight of the cards, they had a problem with bending unless you had a way to brace the end farthest from the PCI slot inside your case. Very long cards, very heavy cards
They seem to have been built like tanks though. I still have one at home that I keep around for playing some of the GLIDE only games that came out when 3Dfx was doing well.
While not SLI related, there was a card, I think the Voodoo6 6000, that never got released (at least to the best of my knowledge), it was basically a quad voodoo5, I think. It looked somewhat similar to the Nvidia 6800, including needing two slots worth of space on the MoBo. It also had it's own external power supply that would connect to the back of the card next to the VGA connector.
It makes me wonder how many of those 3Dfx people are still plodding away at Nvidia after the buyout. The GeForceFX cards and the GeForce 6800 cards really do look alot like that beast that 3Dfx was trying to release before they got purchased by Nvidia.
Screw that, make it a 500ug dose and count me in, please just let me know where the lake is so I can beat the rush and get there first.
Doctor: "You should really try to drink at least 5 gallons of water a day with all the coffee you have been drinking!"
Me: "I'm trying doc, but the dragons are guarding the rainbow that leads to the well, and I can't feel my legs. Shhhh, did you hear that?"
Janus, if I am not mistaken, was also the name of the "browser" in the movie Netforce.