it reminds me of a LAN party I went to, a guy's dell machine like blew up early on and he spent like an hour and a half fixing it. The adminstrators saw him doing it and secretly took a picture. Later on they posted the picture on the big screen and gave him the "crappiest case award" and gave him a new case.
Great thats just another way for DICE/EA to unbalance BF2 even more.
but to comment on your comment, these people who are firing the RPGs would blow themselves up over promise of 72 virgins. . . I don't think having their RPG explode before it hits the tank would deter them.
well assuming you want to suffer the performance drops of using the old os on a 64bit DC system, there's nothing wrong with that.
The MS Tax is such a crappy scapegoat. . . If you don't want to pay for their OS then custom build your PC. That way you save money on eliminating the OS cost, and by cutting out the middleman (though I suppose you pay another middleman unless you get factory direct prices)
I just don't see why people complain about the MS tax if they're just going to buy the OS anyway.
Also, I don't want to sound like an asshole but if you can't install an OS on your machine, you probably shouldn't be using the machine. It's these kinds of people who propagate all the email viri.
now for the sake of seriousity the xbox360s are showing up in the smallish town that I live in on the east coast of Canada. Surely, if you can't find xbox360's on the store shelves, then try leaving The Sony Store and go into an EB or Wallmart.
I got a 360 on saturday with an extra wireless controller and a game for $570something (Canadian no less) and so far, having it on like 5-10 hours a day every day (split between 3 gamers, not by myself:) and so far we haven't had to change the batteries yet. when we do its just 2 AA's so it really doesn't eat batteries.
also they give you 1 month free of xbl gold, which was nice. So far the system has yet to crash/overheat/whatever though when it and my PC are on the room heats up to like 90 degrees
You don't know convenience until you've woken up on the couch, rolled over, grabbed a controller, and turned your system on remotely.
all I've got to say otherwise is that Sony's going to have to have a pretty tight shift if they want to compete at a higher price, or at an even price for that matter.
My problem with games that require the disc to play is in the fact that data isn't loaded from the disc anymore.
It is too slow to try and load data from the disc in game so they just dump the entire disc onto the HDD and then expect you to put in the disc, just to slow the crackers down by a day or two.
I just think that if they're going to dump everything on my drive to be convenient to them, then they should allow me to play without my disc to be convenient to me.
also, I don't think anyone uses this fabled "I steal so I can play without the disk!" mentality. Its more of either:
"I steal so I don't have to pay money."
or
"I play without the disc because it is convenient."
both of which are not mutually exclusive.
actually after reading the article (after making the post [after reading the article summary]) its a case of "look, this guy read the the article summary but didn't actually understand it, then posted on the misinterpretation, got burned by someone who did comprehend the article summary, and then felt like a true asshat."
in my experience it was holes in the game-code that you had to experience. . . *ducks*
Seriously up until 1.2 there would be times where bullets would just randomly not hit where they are expected to go (and not like bullet drop or wind, just wierdness)
that was pretty much fixed in 1.2, but now there are problems with bullets just missing (going right through) the hitboxes or whatever. It really starts to piss you off when you're a so called "sniper-weenie"
There's like 30 360's (about half premium) in my town and I'm in a relatively small town (like 80,000 if you count all outlying areas) in Eastern Canada (New Brunswick).
put 10 in your room, that'll wake you. If it doesn't, and you survive the fire, then put 100 in your room. If that doesn't wake you, and you survive that fire, then move to the bottom of a lake, because you aren't safe in our fire-friendly above-ground society.
I often wonder if the whole rootkit thing is an evil they didn't get away with, what are the lower-than-evils that they are getting away with right now. . .
one question then a statement. . . would it indeed be Ballmerstein, or would it be Ballmerstein's Monster?
but the only way they could improve on the real Ballmer is by splicing in Chuck Norris' DNA. Unfortunately, the LAZER eyes would only interfere with the round-house kicks!
I've played every incarnation of GTA (except the handheld ones) and I just have to point out that women were never targeted in them, and I have yet to see a part where a woman gets beaten/raped/killed/robbed/murdered/run over/brutally maimed/set on fire/or shot.
so what's all that hullabaloo about?
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it reminds me of a LAN party I went to, a guy's dell machine like blew up early on and he spent like an hour and a half fixing it. The adminstrators saw him doing it and secretly took a picture. Later on they posted the picture on the big screen and gave him the "crappiest case award" and gave him a new case.
Great thats just another way for DICE/EA to unbalance BF2 even more.
but to comment on your comment, these people who are firing the RPGs would blow themselves up over promise of 72 virgins. . . I don't think having their RPG explode before it hits the tank would deter them.
Yes, and now they'll patent it and sue the internet for infringing their patents!!!
well assuming you want to suffer the performance drops of using the old os on a 64bit DC system, there's nothing wrong with that. The MS Tax is such a crappy scapegoat. . . If you don't want to pay for their OS then custom build your PC. That way you save money on eliminating the OS cost, and by cutting out the middleman (though I suppose you pay another middleman unless you get factory direct prices) I just don't see why people complain about the MS tax if they're just going to buy the OS anyway. Also, I don't want to sound like an asshole but if you can't install an OS on your machine, you probably shouldn't be using the machine. It's these kinds of people who propagate all the email viri.
they only want the ones in japan :P
now for the sake of seriousity the xbox360s are showing up in the smallish town that I live in on the east coast of Canada. Surely, if you can't find xbox360's on the store shelves, then try leaving The Sony Store and go into an EB or Wallmart.
. . . I just got owned twice, I shall admit defeat lest I get owned three times :P
And a valuable lesson hath been learned.
I got a 360 on saturday with an extra wireless controller and a game for $570something (Canadian no less) and so far, having it on like 5-10 hours a day every day (split between 3 gamers, not by myself :) and so far we haven't had to change the batteries yet. when we do its just 2 AA's so it really doesn't eat batteries.
also they give you 1 month free of xbl gold, which was nice. So far the system has yet to crash/overheat/whatever though when it and my PC are on the room heats up to like 90 degrees
You don't know convenience until you've woken up on the couch, rolled over, grabbed a controller, and turned your system on remotely.
all I've got to say otherwise is that Sony's going to have to have a pretty tight shift if they want to compete at a higher price, or at an even price for that matter.
I for one welcome our new Euro-touristic overlords.
My problem with games that require the disc to play is in the fact that data isn't loaded from the disc anymore. It is too slow to try and load data from the disc in game so they just dump the entire disc onto the HDD and then expect you to put in the disc, just to slow the crackers down by a day or two. I just think that if they're going to dump everything on my drive to be convenient to them, then they should allow me to play without my disc to be convenient to me. also, I don't think anyone uses this fabled "I steal so I can play without the disk!" mentality. Its more of either: "I steal so I don't have to pay money." or "I play without the disc because it is convenient." both of which are not mutually exclusive.
and here I thought you were talking about the porno of the same name.
jeez I know what you mean, I've jacked it to a couple of those kids shows too!
actually after reading the article (after making the post [after reading the article summary]) its a case of "look, this guy read the the article summary but didn't actually understand it, then posted on the misinterpretation, got burned by someone who did comprehend the article summary, and then felt like a true asshat."
in my experience it was holes in the game-code that you had to experience. . . *ducks* Seriously up until 1.2 there would be times where bullets would just randomly not hit where they are expected to go (and not like bullet drop or wind, just wierdness) that was pretty much fixed in 1.2, but now there are problems with bullets just missing (going right through) the hitboxes or whatever. It really starts to piss you off when you're a so called "sniper-weenie"
then step 5: ??
and step 6: profit!!
This looks like a case of "look that guy's making money, lets sue his ass!"
now if we could just get someone from Brunswick, New Jersey to confirm. . .
There's like 30 360's (about half premium) in my town and I'm in a relatively small town (like 80,000 if you count all outlying areas) in Eastern Canada (New Brunswick).
Yeah, its all fun and games until somebody loses an eye! to searing hot magma no less.
now, which mass is your skin-bin? is it the first mass or the second?
also, what is the molecular weight of pornonium?
ewww. . . try not to imagine their shiney white helmets and their horrible aim. . . damn it!
put 10 in your room, that'll wake you.
If it doesn't, and you survive the fire, then put 100 in your room.
If that doesn't wake you, and you survive that fire, then move to the bottom of a lake, because you aren't safe in our fire-friendly above-ground society.
I often wonder if the whole rootkit thing is an evil they didn't get away with, what are the lower-than-evils that they are getting away with right now. . .
its less about market direction and more about making their insanely expensive cards from 2 months ago less insanely expensive.
one question then a statement. . .
would it indeed be Ballmerstein, or would it be Ballmerstein's Monster?
but the only way they could improve on the real Ballmer is by splicing in Chuck Norris' DNA. Unfortunately, the LAZER eyes would only interfere with the round-house kicks!
I've played every incarnation of GTA (except the handheld ones) and I just have to point out that women were never targeted in them, and I have yet to see a part where a woman gets beaten/raped/killed/robbed/murdered/run over/brutally maimed/set on fire/or shot. so what's all that hullabaloo about?