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After much pondering, I considered the balance of what Fox and many others say..and thought I'd stick this in the funny things thread.. New Study Says Games are to Blame for the Decrease in US Crime Edit: And on a seperate note .. It could happen.. The I-Evolution

Having that general pissiness over companies that try to take advantage of the elderly and disabled. The new batteries for my mother's mobility buggy arrived and were the wrong sort..after we'd queried, double-checked and told them not to deliver if they were lead-acid. So they outright lied by email and phone, then delivered them, lied again when we complained, told us gel-based batteries were no longer in production after having told us they were sending gel-based to us..then lied some more... Spent half an hour trying to get us to accept them.. Only when we pointed out just where they were lying did they finally accept that we weren't happy and agree to collect the batteries back and refund us. Of course, now it's the wait and see to check if they actually do that before having to kick up more fuss

Green Lantern. Not too bad actually. The effects were nice, although I think Asgard looked a lot more impressive then Ooa so they lost out on that cgi battle... Reynolds pulled his part of with aplomb. Interesting the way they slid Sinestro's character in and kept the "good" lantern side of him active. They're definitely doing the spadework for the sequels. They didn't really put out the stops for what the ring can do..but the stuff they did was well-done.

Eh, where there's a valid point to it, or a purpose that would be one thing. Even if I disagree with someone about their choices, if they honestly believe them there can be some sort of respect. But when it turns out to be some teens or twentysomethings doing it just "cuz" it's the thing to do... I don't really see the romanticism behind those beliefs. "I did it because they're 'The MAN!' No other reason, I don't actually have anything against them or a viewpoint about it.. but They Are the Establishment! So I can screw with them and it's a good thing! Because it shows I have MAD SKILLZ!" If there had been something like "governmant law being passed which makes them more big brotherish and so I'm going to show them how independent we are by screwing with them" .. That would have been more understandable. But with a lot of these most recent hacks.... They just seem very fuzzy beyond "Woo, Look at me! Under this Pseudonym! Causing Trouble!"

Was it 200 million? Ah, that does sound more likely, although it is still an insane number. It is going to be difficult to break even with that type of budget, I'd imagine. At the price of cinema tickets today? Especially for 3d films? Hm, that pre-summer Big Comic-Adaption Action film.. eh, I don't think it'll take too much to get them out of the red.. Edit: Hm, cinema ticket for 3d film was about

Eh, stores actually having a selection of physical pc games to buy has been limited for years over here. Even before steam kicked into high gear, pc gamers were lucky to find a couple of shelves with games on compared to the hordes of console related material. Hell, I think it's been about 8 years since I picked up a game via a real brick and mortar store - mostly because it's simpler and usually cheaper to buy via Amazon or the like. (And Amazon actually class as a retail store, even if they sell via the interweb). Although what I find interesting about the quote from 1C.. is that "if a game is sold by a retail store for

Trying to figure out just what's brought on the feeling of having some hard drink before noon... Although possibly the overcast sky and heavy rain isn't helping that along..

Note for the day.. When you're about to shut off the pc and head to bed.. That is not the time to quickly check something up on tvtropes..

Yeah, that was kind of my feeling as well. There were some amusing things on tvtropes as well about it when I looked deeper..

And for another.. The Tobuscus trailer.. has achieved more views on YouTube then the "real" AC Brotherhood trailer..

I stumbled upon this and read it.. which gave a wth moment.. Since it's related to books and authors I thought I'd share it here.. (and yes, it relates to the SW Expanded Universe) The Mandalorian Mistake What strikes me most about it is that an author would take part in writing books for a known universe, and that they had never read any of the other books written and disaproved strongly of the principle character groups. The other, is that Lucasarts, known for their strict control over the Star Wars EU.. actually let it get written where the story trashed around so much canon and let the author put in so much personal bias...

Quote for the day

A little bit amusing.. but strangely "aww" at the same time.. Lost penguin ends up on New Zealand beach..

How Eidos Made the World of 2027 Today A behind the scenes video, with some new footage, and assorted people from the development team speaking. (Most notably Mary DeMarie) Nothing too new and groundbreaking, but it's there for those needing their DE fix before August rolls around..

Wals.. I hate to break it to you, but it was about a lot of other things that they called you MAAAAAAD!

It's even funnier if you've worked with IT support in any form..

Key note to self : Avoid using Gilbert & Sullivan pop-culture references. The songs will loop in your mind and not let go.

For the totally random.. quirk of the UK or worldwide.. In bars, you tip.. in Pubs, you dont...

To further derail the thread, I imagine it's a cultural thing. To the Americans, guns are an issue. They don't often see knives as one.. Especially in heavy urban areas with gang issues.

I have to admit, I have a weakness for the blades from Cold Steel I used to have a luvverly 4 inch ti-lite that was damn useful. Heh, funny story, I had it with my when I was in America for a friends wedding. Bachelor party hit a stripclub, and the guy at the counter was all "right, no weapons or cameras allowed" so I did a. "oh, does my pocket knife count?" The guy asked to see it, then bulged his eyes and went "thats a pocket knife?!" All the brits in the party looked at each other and were "um..yeah..." He still insisted it got left at the counter with a ticket stub... I will say this.. night clubs in San Diego will pat you down for guns as you enter, but they totally ignore the blades. Especially if you have an English passport..

When you stumble onto him storing his porn on it?

Having one of those annoying mornings where I can't seem to figure out what I actually need to do... or the focus to actually do it if I could figure it out in the first place.. That and I can't seem to shake the tired. But at least I stopped the puppy from trying to eat the cat.

Hm, reading a few of the things that cropped up about the new Hitman game at E3.. They want to make it simpler for the "average" gamer to feel like a suped up killer, rather then only a select few who are really good at the game.. Methinks I might worry somewhat. I mean, I know they have to balance it out against all those AC fans who haven't really encountered Hitman in the.. wow..5 years since the last game. But still... part of the fun was figuring out some of those really obscure ways to kill targets and complete the missions. If they start holding hands and putting big neon signs for how to do those sneaky kills...

hm, two articles that might be of some interest.. U.S. military sharing secret cyber threat info with defense contractors and Cyber war sabers rattle The former is about what it sounds like, the latter concerns how a formal Pentagon strategy is looking at defining specific types of digital sabotage as acts of war that could demand military retaliation.

When your antivirus has been doing a full scan for a bit over 6 hours..and has hit the 2.5 million items scanned mark and is still going strong.. Yeah, it makes you start thinking you might want to start deleting things... Heh, and yes, my sister did order herself an Alienware laptop...and now she keeps glaring at me as she awaits its delivery. I've found myself looking at the various SW:TOR stuff that was shown at E3.. that has me pondering on playing it when it's released.