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Sorry Wals... 25 degrees is when people here start considering a t-shirt That reminds me, I promised the family back home to take pictures from a bus stop some day. They laughed when I told them that at 15 degrees, the locals will wear mitts, scarves and beanies and do a little jogging on the spot trying to keep warm when waiting for the bus

Bought some movies on a special sale, 3 for $20. Watched the first one, an animated Resident Evil movie. Not outstanding, but not horrible either. Watched the first 30 minutes of the next one, "Cloverfield", but gave up on it. A boring Godzilla rip off with none of the charm of the original. Uninteresting people, bad acting, way bad camera... Does it get any better? I think I'll just save an hour of my life there and be grateful that it only cost me $6.66

Eyecandy is in the eye of the beholder

I believe it is possible too, but I don't believe the allies are seriously trying at the moment. Looks more like (seen from the outside) that the strategy applied by western governments is one of trying to maintain status quo so they can get their own guys disengaged from the conflict. Something like the Marshall plan and "Entnazificierung" looks more like what is needed. Better infrastructure, exposure to the outside world and a motivation for change is required. It might be cultural "genocide", but frankly, there are days where I am a bit of a culturual fascist and consider some aspects of some cultures inferior. As for the Boers... when you stick close to 100% of a people in either concentration camps or remote island penal colonies with excessive mortality rates (more than 50% of the entire "under 16" population died in the concentration camps), burn down their homes and farms, salting the soil, poisoning the wells etc. to make sure those who escaped the camps have nothing to eat. If that isn't a war of extermination, then I don't really know what would qualify?

So, with everything up and running smoothly, fast and quiet... my old Zalman Reserator 2 decided to die on me. Turns out that there is s design flaw in the flow measuring gadget and as a result the product has been pulled from the market. No spare parts available either All that nice hardware is now sitting and gathering dust, due to lack of cooling. I already started ordering alternative cooling solutions. One EK-CoolStream RAD XT (360) and 3 NB Blacksilent XLP - PWM 120mm fans plus barbs and mounting brackets. That still leaves me with a decision to make on reservoir and pump. Currently in my sights is the RP-1000BK combo product.

The last time Britain was successful against an enemy that relied on guerilla warfare was the Boer war. The remedy to win is blatant genocide, concentration/elimination camps, scorched earth (if necessary with the inhabitants still there) until they are all dead. Fighters, civilians and their livestock all together. That is going to be a hard thing to sell to the public in this day and age.

Thanks, I almost choked on my coffee!

The developers probably think that those rustling noises coming from their garbage bins at night is just the wind or rats

Wasn't it only the servants of the Nobles who lived on the "Marsh" side? Maybe we have to build a model town of Magritta

Fighting something that has a gazillion hp, immune to everything and kills you when it hits you is frustrating. Tests of patience are rarely fun. Fighting something with a clever AI, even if it has the benefit of prepared positions, ambush etc. is way more fun. You feel like you are fighting your way out of a situation, not getting punished by a designers laziness. Speaking of AI, the best one I've ever run across was in an old Commodore Amiga shareware game, Mech Warrior, which made excellent use of terrain, weapon choice (range/damage type/heat) etc. often putting up a convincing fight.

Had the "surreal" experience of having my credit card info pilfered somewhere and people using it to draw money from my account. Luckily it was discovered right away by the bank who contacted me, wondering why the heck I suddenly started spending lots of thousands of dollars worth of services (car rental, insurance etc.) in US, Canada and the UK. Got the transactions cancelled and all my money transferred back, the card blocked and fraud investigation underway. I think in the future, I'm not going to let go of my card when checking into hotels My otherwise excellently performing PC is standing still at the moment The external pump/reservoir combo broke down and I'm now on the hunt for a new cooling system. I don't think I'll ever get something as nice and quiet as the one I had though (the product has been discontinued). Time to check out other manufacturers

Beautiful place down there For a bit of fun, gather some Aussies and Kiwis in the same room and ask who invented the Pavlova

On this glorious day, the twenty fourth day of the sixth month of the two thousand and tenth year according to the current calendar, yet another Israel thread went down the drain Closed as it seems to have turned into a mine is bigger than yours contest... Good enough for daytime TV I suppose?

Environment Artist on Storm of Zehir?... I found the SoZ environments gorgeous. Ymmv of course

How do you explain TeX and LaTeX to the unwashed masses? That is the only "true" word processing system I know (and used for years). Most people want something they can watch in colour and go Ooh and Ahh

He's preaching to the choir. Ok, so not really, but at least this one listener nods his head sagely, having been campaigning against the atrocities that are minigames, qte's, boss fights etc. in crpgs since more than a decade (depending on when each lack of imagination feature was introduced the first time). Nice to know I'm not the only person in the world

vim Although they are getting a bit on "soft" side. I've heard you can even get a gui version now.

Damn indeed Maybe they should just build a huge sand barrier going all the way from Florida down to Venezuala... otherwise they are going to be pumping oil up from New York harbour soon

I might just give GTA IV a shot then, next time I walk past a store that has it. Thanks for the summary GDM

I've sometimes wondered if I should try out one of the GTA games. It just seems like there are so many of them by now, that finding the best "franchise introduction" seems a bit daunting. Played the very original GTA for an hour or two back when it was new. Seemed like a fairly simple 2d, top down racing game/shooter at the time.

Merging taken to extremes Can be both a good and a bad thing I suppose.

Start of old thread End of old thread Congrats Krookie... So, whats up next?

I think I'm going to cheer for NZ. There will be no end to the humiliation of my Aussie colleagues if the Kiwis get that particular "bragging right" of going through to the next round (yes, I'm an evil person)

Users... always whinging