Creston wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 13:13:

Cutter wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 12:54:
I remember when I was younger we used to say chesterfield all the time but now everyone just says couch or sofa.

Holy shit, Cutter, just how old ARE you?

Creston

nin wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 11:24:

Cutter wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 11:14:
You've never heard the word furnace? Cereal? A fiery furnace? We call them furnaces too. In fact I don't even know what you'd call them otherwise.

We use the phrase "heater" here as well. Hence calling a "heat and air guy" as opposed to a "plumber" that Blue mentioned the other day.

Also we have "pop" here and not "soda".

Verno wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 10:34:

Blue wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 07:14:

SabaDiver wrote on Apr 21, 2013, 18:58:
Blue, if available in your area, get Direct TV. They have a DVR that allows you to record up to 5 shows at once and stream it between any TV in your house.

That's a sore point. I've had DirecTV for over 12 years, and my loyalty is rewarded by them only offering their cool new DVRs to new customers. Grrr.

Man a 12 year account without interruption is awesome retention currency. Call up, ask to cancel your account and they will forward you to retentions who will definitely get you a subsidized DVR to stick around.

Beamer wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 16:08:

netnerd85 wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 15:46:

Cutter wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 11:02:

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 09:14:
My gift to the Earth -- I cut the lawn yesterday..

Too bad your lawn wasn't emo, that way it would cut itself.

2002 called, it wants it's joke back...

Mean while, I'm playing Homefront. That game is FUCKING HORRIBLE. Why does it have any fans, why did it get 70/100 metacritic. This game is truly the most lazy, horrible thing I have played :|, to celebrate Earth day, let's remove this thing (Homefront) from the Planet.

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The Internet: A warning from 50 years in the future
LMAO, that is awesome... and I'm a web developer

what have we done.

Yeah, I started it on the Xbox a few weeks back. Miserable. I mean, they did nothing right. Even the presentation - a too long movie to start the game. The loading icon is a CD spinning rather than something special to the game. Subtitles are in the exact middle of the screen and sometimes disappear after a second and several seconds before they're spoken.

The gameplay itself? I had to die about 20 times in one of the first fights. They kept throwing grenades at me, but there was no way to tell how close they were to me or if they'd damage me at all.

I made it to the part where they mention the something or other, then a giant vehicle comes smashing through the house I was in. It was supposed to be a big event, I guess, but I started firing thinking it was the enemy, then realized I was supposed to control it, which was super boring.

Out the game went. I've put 33 hours into XCOM on the PC since.

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 08:59:
I dismissed this with barely a glance when it was released. Looking again it appears to have a greater potential than I thought. The price is certainly right, might have to try and find some time for it...

Closed Captioning Fail.

jdreyer wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 04:20:
Super Meatboy did nothing for me, so I completely skipped this one (that, and the setting/subject matter seemed unappealing).

I never played Zelda, so I have no idea what "Zelda gameplay" is, but this game sounds like some kind of rogue-like?

AlexSledge wrote on Apr 21, 2013, 17:22:
Doesn't your provider offer On-Demand of prime time / big popular shows, seems at least TWC does around here.

If you're DVR'ing it, you're likely not watching it the evening it airs. If you aren't watching it the evening it airs, but you likely will in the next few weeks, just use the on-demand features provided.

Or go with an XBMC option on the main screen.

Cyanotetyphas wrote on Apr 21, 2013, 17:55:
Yeah this game is awesome. So much content its unbelievable.

I got all the way to the chest once with IPECAC and then got the Mirror which made the game unbeatable because all of my bomb shots would float around me instead of going anywhere. RNGGG!!!!!

crypto wrote on Apr 20, 2013, 15:47:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 20, 2013, 09:27:

crypto wrote on Apr 20, 2013, 08:08:

Blue wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 09:31:

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 09:19:
A plumber?

Yeah, a plumbing and heating guy. As opposed to?

Actually, you should call an electrician. unless you ran out of gas or your vents are clogged a plumbing/heating guy would take a long time figuring out the problem... if ever. The furnace itself is operated and controlled by motors, relays and switches which electricians are trained to work with and have all the troubleshooting experience... not to mention a volt meter

If you work on a furnace, you have all of that, and you know how to fix it top to bottom.....it isn't like a tire guy working on the engine...

What do you mean "work on a furnace"? the plumber runs the gas line the heating guy runs the vents and drops the furnace where it has to go. The manufacturer sets the limits and usually don't need to be changed. A electrician hooks up the power, thermostats ect.. Outside of furnaces Electricians also install electric motors, switches, relays... all of which are out of the scope of work for plumbers and tin bashers and those are the parts that go 90% of the time. But go ahead, call whoever you want... one time my car wouldn't start, the tow truck driver I called had a look and found the alternator lead had come loose, so anything is possible.

crypto wrote on Apr 20, 2013, 08:08:

Blue wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 09:31:

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 09:19:
A plumber?

Yeah, a plumbing and heating guy. As opposed to?

Actually, you should call an electrician. unless you ran out of gas or your vents are clogged a plumbing/heating guy would take a long time figuring out the problem... if ever. The furnace itself is operated and controlled by motors, relays and switches which electricians are trained to work with and have all the troubleshooting experience... not to mention a volt meter

Jivaro wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 16:07:
If she is married to an American citizen, why can't she get at least residency? (which would get rid of the 365 day rule) My second wife was able to get that in 6 months. Denmark was her home country, is it something specifically to do with Ireland?

Reddit reports it is under ‘malicious DDoS attack’.

Cutter wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 12:10:
Word is they are Chechen, but Wahhabi muslims. Big surprise there. It boggles the mind that it's near impossible for me to immigrate to the US. Yet, they seem to have a never ending supply of green cards for scumbags from shitholes all over the globe. And that really pisses me off seeing as my ancestors got here in the beginning of the 1700s and I do have distant relations in the US - in Mass. at that! I have skills the US needs. I know the language, the culture, the customs, the history, and already have plenty of friends throughout. Scored 86% on the citizenship exam. So why is it so difficult then? I guess if they're going to naturalize the illegals I won't need to immigrate, will I? Just cross over illegally and apply. Then again so will 100 million other people and who'll want to be in the US then?

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 11:03:
Yep. Definitely been a wild night in Boston. Here is a raw video on youtube of one of the encounters. The amount of gun fire makes it sound like a war zone.

Cutter wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 00:48:
Blood Dragon is now officially the best game ad campaign ever.