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Description I can't make any car pop a wheelie.
Homepage http://bcmedia.biz/
Signed On Jul 26, 2001, 01:42
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News Comments > Saturday Tech Bits
3. Re: Saturday Tech Bits Feb 23, 2013, 16:06 Quboid
 
Cutter wrote on Feb 23, 2013, 15:13:
That 3D pen is wild! Love how far they've blown past their goal with a month to go.

That's impressive. Not sure it's actually much use but that's what people said about electricity once upon a time.

I worry for KSs that go so far over budget. This is a whole other project than what they intended; one they might not be ready for.
 
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News Comments > Saturday Mobilization
6. Re: Saturday Mobilization Feb 23, 2013, 14:49 Quboid
 
Even encrypted signals can be used to find where someone is - it doesn't matter what the signal is transmitting, just the direction it's coming from.

I suppose in Airplane mode it is safe but I'd want to be damn sure everyone in my squad has it set properly. It's not like actually in an aircraft were half the people ignore the warnings to turn off electronic devices - my iPod (yep, still have one, 40 hours of continuous playing is battery life my smartphone can only dream of) can't be switched off, only put into sleep mode.

This seems very strange to me, but it is technically possible that they've looked into it and know rather more than me.
 
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News Comments > Saturday Mobilization
2. Re: Saturday Mobilization Feb 23, 2013, 13:31 Quboid
 
Why would a soldier in combat have an iPhone, except to act as body armour? Isn't that all kinds of dangerous?

It could give away his position (by triangulating its cell connection), photos could be geotagged or give away sensitive information - if nothing else, aren't they already carrying masses of heavy shit? I know it's only about 100g but that's 100g more than necessary. Is there a great deal of time for playing Fruit Ninja anyway?
 
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News Comments > Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers
42. Re: Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers Feb 22, 2013, 15:29 Quboid
 
I said no such thing. I do believe that significant sales are lost due to piracy but I didn't even say that, and that's not at all the same as assuming a 1:1 ratio.

While I do think piracy is a problem, I agree with you that they handle it badly. It's like forcing people to watch anti-piracy notices before a film (hey, you know who isn't annoyed by those? Pirates, dumbasses!), they're being as counter-productive as they could be.
 
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News Comments > Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers
38. Re: Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers Feb 22, 2013, 15:14 Quboid
 
Your comment was about how PC gamers bitch, so you were agreeing with him on that point. You are claiming to disagree now, but you're switched to arguing about piracy, not bitching.

How much piracy is there on the Xbox and PS3 compared to the PC? I don't think he's blaming every PC user who wanted a port, he was just stating that many who want a port wouldn't pay for it. He's right.
 
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News Comments > Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers
34. Re: Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers Feb 22, 2013, 15:07 Quboid
 
ASeven wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 15:05:
Quboid wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 15:02:
ASeven wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 14:51:
Remember that Ubisoft once said this about PC gamers.

In fairness, he's right - both about rampant piracy and that PC users bitch a lot. However, that's at best a stupid comment for someone representing Ubisoft. Even if he's not releasing a PC version, other Ubisoft studios were. He blamed it on his poor grasp of English but somehow I doubt he thought "bitch" meant "engage in respect debate".

But remember, PC gamers bitch a lot because they do have valid reasons to bitch, with publishers treating us as second or third class citizens. When you're treated like shit you tend to bitch a lot.

So you agree with him?
 
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News Comments > Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers
32. Re: Ubisoft Courting PC Gamers Feb 22, 2013, 15:02 Quboid
 
ASeven wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 14:51:
Remember that Ubisoft once said this about PC gamers.

In fairness, he's right - both about rampant piracy and that PC users bitch a lot. However, that's at best a stupid comment for someone representing Ubisoft. Even if he's not releasing a PC version, other Ubisoft studios were. He blamed it on his poor grasp of English but somehow I doubt he thought "bitch" meant "engage in respect debate".


Edit; RollinThundr:
Many people aren't always online (e.g. using a laptop while travelling) and I'm more worried about whether or not they are online. On launch day, there will probably be problems. After that, there may be problems. Eventually, they *will* switch off their server and then your game is useless. I accept this requirement for an MMO where it is essential but for any other sort of game, no.

I choose when to play it, they do not.
 
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News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs
16. Re: Morning Legal Briefs Feb 22, 2013, 14:44 Quboid
 
Creston wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 11:00:
I loved this part from the article:

Also, here's the thing that the RIAA just doesn't seem to get. Google's entire business and algorithm are built, ground up, around the idea of understanding what people are looking for when they search, and then taking them to that place. The RIAA might not like it, but the simple fact is that when people are searching for [artist] [track] mp3 and [artist] [track] download, chances are they're not looking to buy, but to download for free.

Ding ding ding! But you can't expect the RIAA to really understand that yet. They're just now coming to terms with the concept that the Internet doesn't just shut down from 5pm CST until 9am CST the next morning. (Which was an old complaint of theirs, that they had to monitor these pirate sites 24/7, which was such a burden)

Creston

That's the one thing I disagree with. I see no reason to think that the RIAA don't understand this, it appears to me that they do understand this (at least to a point) and they want Google to change. They want Google to rewrite their search algorithms based on how they (the MAFIAA) want people to use the internet. That's ridiculous in a whole other way.

The key point in the article IMHO is "The RIAA will never, ever be satisfied, no matter what Google does. Which again, reinforces the idea that it was probably a bad idea to even cave in in the first place".

I can understand these guys being scared of the Internet. When you're top dog, any change can only serve to hurt your position. But they are so clueless, so arrogant and so blind, they can't see that innovation is the answer, not legislation.
 
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News Comments > Hardware Reviews
3. Re: Gigabyte Aivia Osmium Mechanical Keyboard Feb 22, 2013, 14:35 Quboid
 
I don't actually know what that means. I have a wireless Logitech one with a similar key mechanic to good laptops; I'm pretty sure this is about as far from being a 'mechanical keyboard' as you can get but I couldn't imagine using anything else (apart from Swiftkey, but that's different).

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News Comments > EA Layoffs
21. Re: EA Layoffs Feb 22, 2013, 10:05 Quboid
 
TheWitcher wrote on Feb 22, 2013, 06:11:
How do the people that come up with these BS slogans sleep at night?

By smoothly transitioning into a dream-scape oriented short-term outlook.
 
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News Comments > EA Layoffs
4. Re: EA Layoffs Feb 21, 2013, 20:57 Quboid
 
"Transition is Our Friend" - that's like a cross between Office Space and 1984.

I know that's not referring to the people losing their job but yeah, I'd say that doesn't sit perfectly at all. Your phrasing is almost British in it's understating.

This comment was edited on Feb 21, 2013, 21:03.
 
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News Comments > Ziff Davis Closing 1UP, GameSpy, and UGO
11. Re: Ziff Davis Closing 1UP, GameSpy, and UGO Feb 21, 2013, 17:32 Quboid
 
dardin wrote on Feb 21, 2013, 17:08:
Found memories of PlanetQuake and QSpy which eventually became GameSpy3D and an entire network of Planet websites. Definitely a sign of the times. Sad to see anyone lose their job, but at the same time I cannot recall the last time I went to any of those websites.

Likewise - they've got virtually nothing to do with the sites I fondly remember but still a shame to see them go. I worked on PlanetKingpin for a while.
 
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News Comments > Game Reviews
2. Re: Game Reviews Feb 21, 2013, 13:35 Quboid
 
They're not the only ones.  
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
13. Re: More Big Picture Details Feb 20, 2013, 22:46 Quboid
 
These things can become a bandwagon and lose perspective, but there's enough hate for Metro for me to believe it's poor - no smoke without fire. Plus, I played with Win8 briefly in my local PC store and hated Metro. That said, I could certainly live with it if forced but I'd rather not.

My main concern is that a Windows 8 service pack disables desktop hacks. It'll probably take about 30 minutes for a new hack to arrive but you never know.

I notice the price is £100 now, I thought it was about £25 - I guess that was a temporary thing. That pretty much blows away any interest I may have had in picking it up next time I need to do a Windows install.

I'm sure they've run the numbers but I'd have thought releasing a reasonably well featured (i.e. none of that no background image changing bullshit that the budget Win7 had!) version of Windows for home users would be good business. Microsoft still dominate the home computer market, but unlike 10 or 15 years ago, they're not the only option and Apple, amongst others, should be worrying them.

Giving the OS away cheaply or even free means Windows remains dominant, ensuring they remain powerful and in a position to gouge customers with related products like Office. Perhaps offer an £8/month subscription to get support, anti-virus and cloud backups - for those who want it, it could be a good service. For those who don't (e.g. everyone here), we're still hooked on their OS.

At £100, that's an argument in favour of getting a Mac.
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
11. Re: Morning Tech Bits Feb 20, 2013, 20:16 Quboid
 
What does it mean to not have Aero? No semi-transparent window frames and unused Start-Tab 3D effect?  
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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
28. Re: Morning Consolidation Feb 20, 2013, 19:53 Quboid
 
I presume everyone's already made "Durango Unchained" jokes?  
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News Comments > etc.
22. Re: etc. Feb 20, 2013, 16:07 Quboid
 
mag wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 16:00:
wtf_man wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 15:31:
mag wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 12:59:
Haha. Where have you guys been? Borders closed all of its stores two years ago. It's already gone. Completely.

Well it must have went out with a whimper, because I never saw any headlines about that.

It figures, though.

It was pretty big, actually, I thought. Huge liquidation sales, with prices dropping to Amazon's normal prices.

I remember hearing a lot about it, despite them not having any stores on this side of the Atlantic as far as I know.
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
6. Re: Morning Tech Bits Feb 20, 2013, 15:14 Quboid
 
nin wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 08:57:
Microsoft's first Windows 8 update halfway to completion.

Whoop-de-fucking-do! I'm sure everyone that bought 8 and now have to justify it are really excited!


Metro has received so much attention, none of it good, that I've little idea what else Windows 8 even has, never mind whether it's good or not. Aside from Metro, and I realise that's no small thing, is there anything wrong with Win8?
 
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News Comments > etc.
17. Re: etc. Feb 20, 2013, 14:57 Quboid
 
PHJF wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 14:22:
I can't believe somebody just said "at least we still have B&N".
What, like you couldn't live without a bookstore that charges MSRP on everything???

It can be nice to have somewhere to browse books before buying them somewhere cheaper. I used to do that with computer games, browse the shelves at my local Game or HMV and then look up interesting ones on Metacritic and Steam when I got home.
 
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14. Re: System Shock 2 Modification Guide Feb 20, 2013, 14:09 Quboid
 
J wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 10:15:
Rattlehead wrote on Feb 20, 2013, 10:14:
Study: Gamers have more control over their dreams…

It's kind of weird because I used to have lucid dreams all the time and I would also have super powers (mostly telekinesis), but now when I have lucid dreams I try to use those super powers and they don't work.

Download the latest patch

Have you had surgery recently? Maybe that's caused the DRM (Dream Rights Management) to mistake the change in your hardware configuration with the dreams being run on a whole other body. Contact your dream supplier and ask them to deactivate the previous configuration and you should then be able to reactivate your dreams next time you sleep.
 
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