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Yes, just like SEGA. Just like the ED-209, it was a small glitch, a temporary setback only

Thank you My Zoom has one built-in ofcourse, but it sounds abit iffy to have a metronome sound and your guitareffects applied at the same time.

The Cell is little-endian. I didn't know about the GPU though. You did forget to mention that the Xbox360 core has a shared local cache memory access, while each SPU in the Cell have its own local scratchpad memory, called "Local Store". It resembles a cache, but at the same time, it is not (the difference lies in register-writing and reading, i wouldn't bother to go any further). Having one PPU and 6 SPUs (the seventh is reserved by Sony's OS) + the developer has to bother with the inner timings of the Local Store, can be a bit tricky, but Naughty Dog seems to have grasped it pretty well. If you want to port code from a PC to a Cell, then you're in world of trouble though. Most developers usually skip the SPUs entirely and run it on the PPU exclusively. Moral of the story? Do not bother with releases that haven't used the PS3 as a base or first in mind, or haven't had a separate and competent team to do it. For evidence, see any EA port to the PS3.

Well I live in the country so there's not as much choice as some place like Sydney, but download capping is so common I bet the unlimited services would cost twice as much. At the Australian National University when I lived on campus we each had 100 Mbps connections to our rooms. But we were charged at 7 cents per meg. Just as I left they upgraded it to 10 Gbps and lowered the cost to 2 cents per meg. So that was amazingly refreshing compared to a normal ISP, but at $70 (and then $20) per gigabyte it was still fairly restrictive. Data on the uni network (which included the research schools and residential halls) was unmetered thank god. Edit: P.S. 10 Gbps ethernet will blow your mind. It's literally 10,000 times faster than a 1Mbps connection. Whops, i forgot about the great Australian wilderness

I haven't watched the Superbowl the last two years since it starts 01:00 AM here. Back in my university years however, i would watch it for the half-time shows and commercials

Speaking scales, do try to start with the Congratulations, you now know the base of every blues/rock/metal solo in existence, it is really that simple If you want to broaded your horizons, then there's the more elusive , mostly found in jazz, but also by some Death Metal bands, such as Meshuggah and Morbid Angel. The thrash-metal band Slayer uses these scales to a point of absurdity though.

I would advice not to do that unless you are really interested in creating your own music. Those courses are often so dull and boring, since they usually dissect melodies, like Beethoven's 9th, into abstract concepts, devoid of any understanding of the incredible craftmanship of the composer. Alanchu, do you want to be like this: "Here the crescendo slowly transpires into pianissimo; it is interesting that the composer chose a scale of C-minor rather than D-major in this part of the fugue, hoho" ...oooooor HERE I AM *DU-NU-NUNUNU* ROOOOCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE *DU-NU-NUNU* <guitarsolo!>

Taking your pants of and defecating on the floor will also make you the center of attention, that doesnt mean its a good way to behave around people. Truth is, people hate self-appointed troubadours. Everyone except douchebags and girls with no self-esteem. Hey, hey! Being a douchebag rules, mistah! Everything always goes your way and the chicks dig it because of some misguided sense of you being dangerous. Do not cave in to the "jante"-laws of Scandinavia Alanchu! rock on like there is no tomorrow!

1. Ignore this point, do it. You will be the center of the party. 2. I always tried to ignore those songs and try do some Burzum or some free-jazz, but no one seemed to care. We usually pick those songs mentioned instead, because everyone will sing along. Then we all do the high-five and tell each other how awesome we are + the girl always go home with the guy that has the guitar, period. 3. Agreed. //EDIT: I forgot to mention some other songs that always work: - "Cherokee", by Europe. The falsetto in the beginning is very appriciated by the females. - "Living on a Prayer", by Bon Jovi. No one knows the lyrics, except the chorus. Everyone can sing along to that. - Anything by the Beatles from 1962-1965 + "Hey Jude" and "Let it Be". Girls who consider themselves be 'intellectuals' will now find you to be deep and edgy.

Nintendo will rule them all.

I watched the 'Bill Hicks'-memorial on the David Letterman show. The guy had an interview with Hicks' mother and finally aired the original standup that was cut 16 years ago due to its 'controversial' nature. Here is the clip itself.

73 issues now, and four have been resolved since december the 4th. Get to work already!

Wait what? I am the only one left here that hasn't bought/played Fallout 3 yet, let alone even seen anyone play it? Sad, sad, sad. What happened to you people who hated it the most?

I take it that you have or will have a electric guitar, then this is highly recommended. For example, i have the "Zoom G2" (without the pedal). I got it for less than 100 bucks, so it isn't expensive or anything. You can customize your guitar sound pretty extensively with it, everything from The Cure's tone on "Disintegration", to Pink Floyd's "The Wall", to Morbid Angel's "Covenant", and to the standard Slash signature sound. Enjoy.

Here are some tabulatures which probably includes your favourite songs. There are about 140 000 of them. Have fun.

5k views, i blame the googlebot.

We are speaking about the future here, are we not? 39,95 here in Finland thankyouverymuch.

Google is already doing research in having servers working as "cloud computers", and there's also indications about some OS's running as a virtual PCs. Why not consoles? With the 100mbit becoming a standard, i do not see this as impossible.

Ah, now in undertand. Mine issue was more about professional conduct and acting according to ones abilities and will. Lying about ones profession is of course never recommended

Gears Of War 2

In the future, there will be no consoles. Everything will be run on a virtual console/PC, and the user just start playing on the TV/local PC. The only requirement will be a high-speed broadband connection and high-resolution TV. Sony, MS and Nintendo will still compete for services surrounding the virtual console though. EA will win until someone finds a better solution that the consumers want, or until Nintendo buys them.

1949? There was no EU back then, let alone a Coal-steel union that was formed in 1953. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe That is a seperate entity from the EU, but i am not suprised that you brought that one up, i have been mixing those up from time to time.

Not really, from what i have gathered, we all wear different masks when socialising with friends, girlfriends, relatives, workbuddies and the boss. But those are only for restraint and being professional when needed. Presidents usually wear a mask too; you don't expect them to tell the same d*ckjokes to the press and the rest of the world as they tell their friends while drinking a beer. Being The Slug: "Genius-edition" is a complete change of personal traits and capabilities, it is more of a forced persona than a theslug having a mask on. Basically speaking, he will be lying about himself and his character, which is ofcourse counterproductive in the long run.

For good or worse, do not be anyone else than you already are, otherwise you are only shooting yourself in the foot. Do not try to be the thelug: "scholar or genius"-edition, just be the slug: the slug. Know Thyself.