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Re: Bethesda Unveils The Evil Within |
Apr 20, 2013, 20:25 |
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Jerykk wrote on Apr 20, 2013, 05:56:
Secondly, it's hard to get excited about another Bethesda Fallout when Obsidian's Fallout was so much better.
Except, of course, the world doesn't revolve around you, and there were plenty of people who loved Fallout 3 better than New Vegas, for reasons that have been discussed on this forum ad infinitum. And for those people, this means that Fallout 4 is going to take longer to come out than we had hoped.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 19, 2013, 18:57 |
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Cutter wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 16:54:
I haven't been turned down because I haven't applied...yet. However, I know a ton of people who have and none have been accepted - unless going the marriage route.
Admittedly that's how I got in, however I was also basically through the process to receive a work Visa at the time, but this was right around the turn of the century when they were dying for experienced IT people, so it may have changed a lot.
Being from Holland, the only immigration "law" that I've been used to was "You want to move here? Sure! Come on in! Here, have a house and $2000 a month on the government, courtesy of the Dutch taxpayer!" so it's actually surprising to see a country be a little more smart and diligent about it.
That said, they really need to put some sense in the process. When I first moved here, my wife had to sign an Affidavit of Support that stated that until I had worked 13 quarters (ie 3 years and 3 months), I was not eligible for Social Security. This was in an effort to stop me from abusing the system... I came from Holland, fellas. If I wanted to sit on my ass and collect Social Security, I'd have never fucking left Holland.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 19, 2013, 15:22 |
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That washcloth in space thing was so awesome. I'd guessed the water would form into small globules and just sort of get flung everywhere. I'd have never guessed at what really happens. Cool cool cool. 
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Apr 19, 2013, 13:10 |
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saluk wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 12:51:
Windows 8 is not that bad. It's also not that great. A "less scary" windows 8 may have been a better move - then again, it might not have mattered.
It wouldn't have. Windows 8 offers few enhancements over Windows 7. Sure, some are pretty cool, like the integrated task manager, but that's not enough for most people to buy a new OS over. (though the cheap upgrade price might have made it more worth it for some.)
Metro and Windows 8's weird hybrid functionality is what's keeping people away. The really stupid thing is that Microsoft obviously thought that Metro was going to sweep the tablet market by storm and that's where they want/hope the majority of their new business is going to be. But why fucking integrate the two then? Just develop a Tablet Windows and a Desktop Windows. They have like 30,000 engineers, it's not as if they don't have the manpower to do it.
But now for the sake of the tablet market, in which Microsoft is literally making ZERO headway (their total market share is below 3%), they've shat all over their desktop customers, and, more importantly, their Enterprise customers. Brilliant decisions there. 
I have no idea whether that "millions of Apple customers" article is actually true, but if it is, Steve Ballmer might genuinely be the first CEO to actively boost his largest competitor's customer base. It's going beyond the realm of the absurd that this guy is still employed. I don't think he just has pictures of members of the Board satisfying a camel anymore, he probably has an actual death contract out on them.
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| News Comments > Bethesda Unveils The Evil Within |
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Re: Bethesda Unveils The Evil Within |
Apr 19, 2013, 13:04 |
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Kastagir wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 12:53:
Creston wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 12:18:
I was hoping for Fallout 4, so this is a sad day. 
Creston
BGS isn't the studio working on this, so your hopes may yet be realized. Let's remember that a lot of stuff gets announced on Bethblog that isn't the product of the studios that have brought us TES and Fallout. There are now a lot of studios under the Zenimax umbrella and they all get press on Bethblog.
Yeah, I know they're working on Fallout 4, and they'll announce it at some point. I was just hoping it was today, because that'd mean it'd be out in about a year.
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 19, 2013, 13:03 |
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Cutter wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 12:10:
It boggles the mind that it's near impossible for me to immigrate to the US.
I'm a bit surprised you want to move to the US, since you are obviously not its biggest fan, but why are you unable to do so? (I mean, what reasons are they giving for turning you down?)
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Apr 19, 2013, 12:48 |
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nin wrote on Apr 19, 2013, 11:49:
These [Windows 8] stories are so full of it. When Vista was released, all the nerds fell all over themselves on the internet bitching about how terrible it was. So, Microsoft reboxes it and sells it as Windows 7, and all of a sudden everyone loves it.
I bought Vista - thought it was a little clunky at first, but it was OK. I bought Windows 7 and thought "this is the exact same thing. It's just as clunky."
Quite the revisionist history. If you can't tell the difference between vista and 7, you might want to get your eyes checked.
But he got a 10% boost across all framerates! Despite the fact that every benchmark has shown there's little difference between 7 and 8, HIS version of Windows 8 is the tits!
14 posts. Microsoft shill.
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| News Comments > Evening Mobilization |
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Re: Evening Mobilization |
Apr 17, 2013, 23:59 |
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Fion wrote on Apr 17, 2013, 21:59:
It's hard to make a phone call in an emergency because the brain draws blood from the hands to be used in more immediately important functions (survival.. etc). That's why the standard emergency services number was changed to 911 from 555-1212 as it was years ago. Nobody could dial the number. Hell, anyone who's been in an emergency knows it's difficult enough just to punch in that 911.
It helps to just dial it once a week or so without connecting. Just to train yourself to hit that 911. It apparently kicks in the muscle memory when the time comes for you to really dial it.
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Blood Dragon |
Apr 17, 2013, 12:11 |
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SirKnight wrote on Apr 17, 2013, 00:26:
Awesome video. I love the 80s feel to it all.
I miss the 80s, even though I was only a kid and can't remember a whole lot of it.
Watch a Journey video. It's like a summary of the 80s in three minutes. 
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| News Comments > Evening Tech Bits |
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Apr 17, 2013, 11:52 |
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Interesting Excel article. A buddy of mine who works in IT security has always said that he's glad that virus creators only focus on causing noticeable damage. Wipe your harddisk, infect your computer with a trojan, etc.
If a virus writer REALLY wanted to cause incredible damages that aren't noticeable, they'd write a virus that simply alters a few random numbers in every excel sheet it finds. And simple changes too. Change a 3 to a 5 ten times in a single sheet, change a 6 to a 2 five times in another.
The financial chaos would be incredible...
As for MS: Backscrabbling already, fellas? What, did your brilliant "Works on tablets!!! (oh, and sort of on desktops too)" operating system not vault you to the top of the tablet market like you predicted it would?? Oh wait, you have 3% of that market and no sign of growth. Yeah, smart decision to focus all your efforts there. Ballmer for President!
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| News Comments > FIFA 14 Announced: Features Emotional Goal Scoring |
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Re: FIFA 14 Announced: Features Emotional Goal Scoring |
Apr 17, 2013, 11:43 |
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PS: Pure Shot mode not available when our servers are down.
I've never liked all these wacky new modes on my sports games; it's basically why I stopped playing the baseball games. Rather than just play a fun game of baseball, now I have to position my fielding glove, and then with the analog controller mimick the motion of throwing to first base, and mimick the motion of swinging the bat, and mimick the pitcher's windup and and and and.
Ugh. I just want to play a game of baseball. I don't want to accurately simulate the life of a major league player. :\
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| News Comments > On Sale |
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Re: On Sale |
Apr 16, 2013, 15:11 |
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Verno wrote on Apr 16, 2013, 09:30:
I swear any time I go to a Gamestop...
Well there's your problem. :p
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 16, 2013, 15:07 |
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Cutter wrote on Apr 16, 2013, 14:34:
Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 16, 2013, 13:31:
Cutter wrote on Apr 16, 2013, 10:28:
What a fucked up world this is. Has been for centuries, will continue to be for more centuries to come..
You mean millenia. That's why I think space travel is useless. If we can't even get our shit together on this rock then what's the point? War. War never changes.
The idea would be that you can simply segregate all these disparate people and beliefs into their individual planets. But even so, I think they'd just start whining about group A's planet being prettier than group B's, and they'll start a war over that.
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