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Geez, none of the new consoles have been released yet and you morons are already arguing which is better and/or more powerful! Well, add another moron to the bunch! From what I've seen, I'd say the PS3 has the more impressive technical fact sheet (because, in all honesty, that's all we've seen from any of these machines) with the Blu-Ray disc and up to seven bluetooth controllers. Also, judging from my rather restricted programming knowledge, having a shared memory for both the CPU and the GPU (like the Xbox 360 has) is not as good as having two different dedicated RAM's for the two processors (like the PS3 has). Still, all it comes down to for the end-user is the quality of the games. I'm already looking forward to playing GTA: San Andreas on my PS3..

Useless fact: It's more difficult to get rid of nicotine addiction than it is to break (for example) heroine or cocaine addictions. [Keywords: HENNINGFIELD RATINGS, BENOWITZ RATINGS]

Actually, it's much more long-winded than that. Original source here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/lib...rt/1986/MVT.htm Anyhow, 'stopping power' isn't really a factor in the swedish army. In our country only a tiny fraction of battles would take place in cities or other densely populated areas, where the short ranges would call for stopping power. Stopping power is mostly used in small handguns (pistols and revolvers), because they're close range weapons. The police, for example, would have a need for this.

It's just a bunch of laws with a ridiculous name. If the laws are well-written and well thought out, they're as good as any. They were very hastily instated after 9/11 as eye-candy ('look at how much we're doing for your safety!') to the american people, but with time they'll be tweaked and improved and probably not be any different than other laws.

I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous.. You're basically saying you can get shot several times by the same ammunition that the serial killer a few years back used to kill a bunch of people in Washington. Remember that? He and his young cousin (or something) were hidden in a car and kept shooting innocent people. One shot.. You'll be needing stopping power everytime you need to take down a charging moose (called 30-06 in Sweden, same as 7.62mm), but not for neutralizing a human being. Also, depending on what ammo you use (full metal jacket, hollow point, different gunpowder types etc.), you can basically shoot through any body armour availible. Very little penetration? It's a high velocity weapon using mostly full metal jackets.. The Swedish army uses full metal jackets in wartime because the aim is not to kill the enemy, just to take him out of combat and wound him. A wounded soldier takes 2 other soldiers to help him, creating more hassle and work for the enemy. A dead soldier is just that; dead. And yes, you've indeed played too much Counterstrike if you believe that people getting shot several times and still keep running is the normal case.

I've never quite fallen for the japanese style of comics. First of all, I get this sick feeling in my stomach when I read/watch one of them and the main characters are like.. 14 at most, and you're constantly getting 'accidental' glimpses of their pre-pubescent bodies.. and especially the girls' underwear! I hate that. Then there's the japanese style of humour.. those guys are weird. And I mean WEIRD, as in W.E.I.R.D!!1!!one. And I hate reading backwards! But my girlfriend loves them and owns a copy of every "One Piece" comic book that's been released in Sweden, plus a lot of "D.N. Angel" and "Ranma

Yes, the difference is only 0.01 mm (the standard civilian ammo is actually 5.55 mm) but apparently that is enough reason for some older guns to explode. Also, the PSG-90 is a sniperrifle while the other Arctic Warfare weapons you guys mentioned are marksman guns (as far as I know). A sniperrifle is used to wound soldiers (or kill, if the target is an officer) with great precision at very long distances. The marksman rifles are used to blow holes in car engines, and other assorted material destruction. This is also the reason why most normal handguns use 5.56 mm instead of higher caliber. It isn't difficult to kill or wound another human being, so why carry more firepower than needed? It's much easier to carry 30 5.56 mm rounds than 20 7.62 mm rounds.

Why do you keep calling it anime? I thought anime was the animated japanese cartoons, while manga was the comic book cartoons. Or at least that's how it's been explained to me..

According to a strange report, swedish people think words with hard consonants and vowels are uglier than other words. The two examples given were 'kurk' and 'pituk' (nonsense words).

I had absolutely no respect for Vin Diesel (only seen Pitch Black and xXx, which were both crap) until I played the game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. Now I think he rocks.

Yes it is (only the caliber differs a little), and you've clearly played way too much CS if you recognize it from there.

Uhm.. yes. How do you guys keep all those weird names in memory?

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This thread is probably way beyond normal weapons by now, but.. This is the weapon I was trained at in the Swedish Army: It's called a PSG-90, uses 7.62mm ammo (normal or sabot), comes with a 10x42 Hendsolt scope and practically guarantees a 'one shot, one kill' at distances up around 800 m.

Why are manga motifs so popular? Is it because they're so easy to draw? Both my girlfriend's little sisters draw lots and lots of pictures like this one (mostly inspired by Ranma

I've only used traps once, as far as I can remember. Well, it was actually mines since it was in KotOR. Remember on the first planet, where you were still pretty weak, and you were supposed to go through some sewer-like area? There was some huge monster down there (forgot its name) that the game hinted to you that you should sneak past, using Mission (I think). Well, seeing as the monster was REALLY big (and probably brimful with experience for my newbie party) I decided I'd kill it instead. I buffed up and attacked it and got beaten to a bloody pulp within a few rounds. So I reloaded and retried a couple of times but to no avail. Then I remembered there were mines in the game (that I had never used before), so I figured I'd try a few on the beast. I hid my party near a wall, saved the game and then just walked close enough to the monster for him to spot me. I observed the path he took while following me back to my hidden party, quietly memorizing it. A quick reload later and I was back unharmed and unseen, and using Mission sneaking I placed my biggest mines in a pretty line all along the path the monster had taken the last reload. Then I just walked up to him again, ran back to the same hiding spot and just stood there watching as mine after mine blew up beneath him until he fell over before even reaching my scared newbie bunch. That 'tactic' would probably be considered cheating by some (many?) as I used the reaload button a couple of times, but to me it sure was satisfying seeing the monster go down like that.

The problem is that Spore hasn't been released yet, as far as I know. Neither has any other game that's so completely built from the ground up everytime you start a new game. IF (notice how big that if is?) Spore manages to pull off what it tries to do, it'll be setting a new standard for what games can do, but until then it's unwise to use it as an example. I'm all for the idea of dynamic missions, areas and NPC's though.

One fact about the PS3 that gets my imagination going is that it comes with a 7 player support right out of the box! Imagine having your friends (who, incidentally also own PS3's) come over and bring their controllers with them, and you load up NHL 2008, and you're all able to play on the same team (either 6 on the ice, or 7, if you want to have rotation). Home team side on one 1080p TV and the Away team side on another.. Ok, so maybe it isn't innovation, but DAMN that would be awesome. Another genre where (up to) 7 controllers would be awesome is in racing games..

Useless fact: Actually, there have been plenty of investigations and they've all come to the same conclusion: an allergic reaction to a medicine called Equagesic (super strong aspirin) caused Bruce Lee's brain to swell until he fell into a coma and died. There are of course always unknown factors when someone dies at the age of 32 (he had suffered several concussions for example), but there is no real mystery to his death, contrary to popular internet belief.

My chief editor has a running Super Mario tattoo on his shoulder.

I once tried Ninja Gaiden on my cousins Xbox. I had heard it's a really difficult game, but I thought, "Hey, I'm a p0wergam3r, there's no stopping me!!1!". The game starts with a sort of jumping puzzle that's supposed to teach you the controls, but I fell down and died and never tried again.

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Yeah, I got it yesterday.. Been playing it a while now. It's MUCH better than the original Battlefield 1942, but it's also much more taxing for the system (understandably). The graphics are excellent, almost giving me a Far Cry-vibe. They're using ragdoll physics now, and it looks very cool when you're being blown 50 meters up into the air by artillery fire! The maps feel more compact now, although they increase automatically in size if you choose to include more players on your server. Very neat. I haven't had a chance to toy around with the weapons much yet, but I can tell you this: being a sniper in Battlefield 2 is NOT as easy as it was in Battlefield 1942 You'll see.. So far it's been a very enjoyable experience and I've already had a lot of fun and memorable experiences. Great game! Unfortunately, the demo only contains one level, but at least it's a good level. I haven't been able to find the "destructible environments" yet though and the demo level doesn't contain any flying vehicles (that I have found at least). A shame.

Ooohh, that reminds me: You have to download a C64-emulator (CCS64 or WinVICE) and then download the game Sanxion and listen to Rob Hubbard's SID-version of "Montagues and Capulets" from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It's awesome! Actually, all the music Rob Hubbard did for Sanxion rules.. Listen to it all!!

If I could get rid of Hugh, I think Hefner's place would be a nice place to live "