LadyCrimson

Indeed. Let's remember that if you have nothing to contribute, it's often best to say nothing at all. As to what I'd like to see - I'd like a Star Wars film that feels less like Disneyland in space. I liked the 3rd film in the prequel trilogy the best of those 3, because it had less of that sensation. I'd also like to see better scripts, where the characters have more than one-liners and aren't background for the special effects. In terms of games...since all I've played are the Kotor's I'm not really sure. But I do prefer roleplaying games - whether it's roleplaying Jedi or some other aspect of the SW universe doesn't really matter much to me. It might be nice to be a character who isn't a Jedi and never becomes one, tho - just an adventure RPG set in the SW universe. Could be, for instance, a game based on Leia's youth or something. Ok, maybe that's not so great, I'm no idea-mogul - but you know what I mean. A non-Jedi experience. I wouldn't even mind a game that was more adventure based with solutions/endgames that weren't the 'final battle' combat-oriented routine. Course, that might not have as wide an appeal, thus may never get made - but it would be a nice change of pace to me.

Well, now the headphones are going wonky and Creatives volume control auto-mutes when I close programs and other odd stuff. It's been really hot the past few days - maybe the soundcard itself is just acting up. Guess it's time for the uninstall/reinstall to see if that actually helps.

Hehe I saw that...it's pretty good. I'm often amazed at the creativeness you find on youtube, both serious and silly.

The Matador, w/Pierce Brosnan. It was so odd and off-wall that it became more amusing than I think it really was...one of those 'it's not really that great but there's something about it that makes you end up liking it' films.

I'll probably be busy...sleeping.

That looks a bit pricer than I'd want to spend...well, at least for walk-in prices. On-line only $80-130 difference I guess. mkreku, that's something my hubby would likely say... :D I'm not sure I really have the best room set-up for surround, I'd have to mount them on closet doors I think. 3-speaker would probably be fine for me but they're not much cheaper for decent sets...

I smell Spam-derailment.

Like I know anything about speaker tech. I find out if they'd work on my PC then plug and forget 'em. I'm staring at these. ? http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4288354

It's an excuse to update my speakers at least. Should I go for seven?

OK, I feel stupid now. I guess the speakers/plug/whatever just plain broke. It didn't even occur to me to think of that. Always so busy trying to find the software/driver problem, kind of the opposite of the infamous 'is it plugged in?' haha! Oh well... Edit: Anyone got any speakers they really like? :D

Yes I know that, meta - tho I didn't when I first bought the card and wondered why there was no sound then. :D

Hehe...yeah, pretty silly. Someone else just mentioned it might be because my speakers are powered and something blew up or something, causing a 'ground loop'. Guess I'll have to steal some old non-powered speakers from hubby's desk and see if they work.

1st, yeah, I've googled it, still thought I'd ask here. 2nd, two questions: 1 - Anyone have an Audigy 2ZS and had weird speaker problems with sp2? 2 - Can your (analog) speakers be so ancient that the new OS patches crash when you try to connect them (cause they aren't compatible or something?) I ask the 2nd one because at the moment my headphones seem to work fine but every time I disconnect them and try to plug in the speakers the system freezes or spontaneously reboots. If the speakers are plugged in upon reboot, there's no crash upon Windows starting, but no sound either. Odd that the headphones work. I installed newest drivers, nothing. It all worked fine before sp2. :angry: The only maybe solution I've found so far is to uninstall drivers, remove/replace card, remove entries from the registry, reinstall drivers, but that was for a minor speaker-unrelated issue that I'm also having.

That's pretty weird and not very, uh, random, haha. You didn't go in the cave before, to do something else earlier, before you went in to get the crystals? Probably not...just checking. :D I think I remember getting a couple of one type in the cave before, but not where they're all the same. As to color...sometimes I think there's a random seed generator that kicks in when you start a new game and determines a favored color. I've had games obsessed with purple, blue, green...where 90% of the sabers or crystals were initially one color before constant reloads. Even the sith guys would attack me with purple sabers.

The scene where you're falling through the floor via multiple portals made me dizzy. Looks pretty neat.

When all else fails, Amazon.com often works. They're still selling new copies. But yeah, walk-in stores stop stocking many old titles (often sooner rather than later) because it's not profitable to them anymore...only so much shelf space. As to being out of actual production/discontinued - no idea. The sales clerk could've just meant it's a discontinued stock item for their store.

Human Space Invaders - it's the 2nd video down. The first one is Pong, but it's not so great.

I know 'to google' is officially a verb now, according to Merriam-Webster. :D

I once pulled over to the side of the road and got out of the car to film a lightning/rain storm. Hubby tolerated this for about 2 minutes then hollered for me to get back in the car. Party pooper. Edit: It's the Loma Prieta one I was thinking of, Calax. I was living w/hubby then so it was after '86.

one of the most popular, too. :D And yeah, that one crossed my mind too. Of course, bad dancing wouldn't be complete without mentioning The Brady Bunch during their variety hour days. Hahah...oh man...

Glad you're ok too. Reminds me of the..uh...89? quake where I knew it was a big one but was unaware of just how bad until I got home and saw the news. Mother nature/earth is ever random.

I went to his main site and saw the "Advanced" dancing one too. I'm still stuck on the 80s moves you see in the first Terminator - I'm afraid I have a long way to go to match his expertise.

Superman Returns verdict: It was ok, mildly entertaining. I liked the new guy as Supes better than I thought I would. Didn't think he and Lois had much chemistry together tho. The rest (like kinda slow pacing etc) was already said in that Superman thread. My husband thought it was "too mushy."

It's 100F in the house, way too hot, so I'm off to finally see Superman Returns.

Atton got 'stuck' in the game a couple times for me a while back, which is where those came from. The Kreia bit is from the Telos convo they have early on. It seemed appropriate to the 'spin me round' lyric. I should've made it shorter tho - but was too lazy to change the music by then - I didn't have Pinnacle (or anything else) and couldn't change it easily. Now that I do, I'll have to think of something else fun to make when I have the time.