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There you go, you've got your work cut out for you. Ass down and heads up in the tub Seriously though, good to see you around again, kicking life in the face and all

The things people say when the microphones are still on... Ten revealing open mic admissions Sarkozy and Obama about Netanyahu: S: "I can't stand him any more. He's a liar," O: "You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day." Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy Reagan about Russians: R: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." Really creates an atmosphere of trust and cooperation Prince Charles about a BBC correspondent: "These bloody people, I can't bear that man. I mean, he's so awful, he really is." Great working relationship George W. Bush about a New York Times correspondent: "major league ****" At a time when you are a presidential candidate Jacques Chirac about British food: "In 2005, the French president was caught complaining to German and Russian officials that he found British food unpalatable - second only, he said, to the dreaded cuisine served by the Finns." Jesse Jackson about Barack Obama: Jesse Jackson was caught on microphone saying he was frustrated what he perceived to be Barack Obama's patronising attitude towards African Americans. He was so frustrated, in fact, that he wanted to "cut his nuts off". Ouch Maybe microphones accidentally left on is the greatest contribution to "a free press" these days?!?

You have gotten a rather green complexion lately... Doing a bit of reading.

That sounds like the entertainment industry of today... As a teenager I once came up with the brilliant idea of writing a program that could write programs. The idea was that in one kilobyte on an eight bit system, there was a finite amount of programs possible. Of course it fell flat on its belly when it came to figure out a way of evaluate the result for beneficial effects and identify the new patentable algorithms from the random system disk formatting algorithm and the 99.99999% unusable white noise Yes, the folly of youth

I thought the point was to come up with new widgets

I remember this old Chaplin quote which works to similar effect: "One murder makes a villain. Millions a hero. Numbers sanctify." - Monsieur Verdoux (1947) In any case an interesting movie

This thread sounds awfully familiar

I know the mathematical definition of it, but I doubt that is what people mean when using it on a gaming forum So which would it be a proper term to describe people who play games at the lowest difficulty and still find it challenging, Casuals? I suspect (going by context) people use it as a derogatory term to mean something along the lines of mono-cell organisms.

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I know the mathematical definition of it, but I doubt that is what people mean when using it on a gaming forum

It's like statistics. It can mean anything you want to, depending on what spin you put on it I take it to mean people with short attentionspans and a deep seated need for success in games to the exclusion of all else (especially if it doesn't reinforce their feeling of success). But that is my entirely subjective definition that would probably fail any scrutiny

Let there be light... with the latest shader technologies and dynamic shadows! UPS Guys dropped off box of goodies at my doorstep this morning. Looking forward to get home from work and play with my new toys. Lets see if this thing works

These incisions points towards something large... like an axe

Went to visit a micro brewery with a bunch of colleagues. They have this "brew your own beer" thing going, which was quite interesting. Got a few finished samples of other recipes (i.e. beers), while waiting for the various mixing stages of the batch. Quite fun watching it on such a small scale

Yet it seems like the only thing that explains the odd behaviour. To nobody in particular... In the BG2 example, some are capable of making up their own challenges, others need to be spoon fed and handheld, because they either lack the skill or determination to make their own challenges. I'm no psychologist, but isn't that the entire purpose of the "you are the chosen one" schtick (sp?) in the first place, trying to make the player feel warm and fuzzy by everybody gushing over you, telling you what a great and awesome person you are, girls swooning in your arms when tell them "nice dress... lets have sex?" etc. Some kind of very basic reward response for people doing what the game expects you to do, like a well trained and adjusted gamer on a leash. Achievements is just the latest addition to give you little bells and jingles when you do what the game wants you to do. Pavlov would be proud. I still remember feeling like my breakfast coming up again halfway through NWN2 when everybody from Lord Nasher to some woman was fawning over me, telling me what a great guy I was and I knew it was as sincere as a politicians lies, scripted and obvious as it was. Maybe I'm just a sceptic.

You usually get more room for your legs in a bus. I would be insulted if I were a bus by being compared to those meat containers (Boeing and Airbus both).

Bought the Magicka collection (main game plus a bundle of DLC's) from Gamersgate. It looks interesting. If it turns out to be an utter disaster, I've lost $8.5 (less than a junk food meal).

Maybe there are indeed things in the Universe that are best left untouched. Maybe native Aussies and Kiwis just have some kind of genetic disposition towards the game. I look at the screen and see nothing, yet they (the natives) will go Ooh!, Yay! and Ahh! simultaneously, like some kind of secret handshake or message passing between them >_

Almost figured out Cricket today. A colleague spent more than half an hour trying to explain the rules and scoring system for me. I almost grasped it, but in the end it eluded me. Now what was that about "overs" again?...

Getting past the magic mark... Getting a new start

Start of old thread End of old thread News of today: No new news about Carmageddon: Reincarnation yet

Faster-than-light neutrino experiment to be run again In short, the guys at the LHC project, having fun flinging particles left and right (and sometimes in circles), still have no clue why something appeared at the target ahead of schedule (like, it was supposed to appear at the speed of light). Now they are trying to restructure the experiment and see if a) it re-occurs and b) doesn't destroy the universe in the process.

I don't even know if I have any dx11 games The ad on Amazon said I would get a digital download version of some Arkham game as part of the offer. I noticed too that it (this particular model) is out of stock again I'll probably end up getting IP banned, thinking I'm a hacker for constantly refreshing the tracking info (it should arrive on Friday, Aussie time)

Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs before finding the right match. Never give up hope Makes you wonder about the origin of the term "french kissing".