User Information - Mr. Tact

$237.7 M of revenue for Mojang. Astounding.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Feb 1, 2013, 22:32

jdreyer wrote on Feb 1, 2013, 17:02:
Related to Film vs. Exploring space, I offer this vid on why faking the moon landing was not possible, technically.

That video is actually pretty entertaining. Of course, there are people who say they think it was faked. There are people who say they think the world is flat. *shrug*




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Re: Out of the Blue

Feb 1, 2013, 11:49

My sentiments match up pretty well with you, Blue. And mostly for that reason I'm hoping for a 49er blowout. However, I'll predict just a win 31-24.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 31, 2013, 20:37

Cutter wrote on Jan 31, 2013, 16:54:
You and me both. Her and Sylvia Kristel always made me go rowr!

Interesting, they were 3 months apart in age. Unfortunately Sylvia died this past October at age 60. Jenny was in "The Avengers" !!! I missed that. I'm sure it must be a bit role as a "council member" -- might have to rewatch the film just for that.

Well, ok -- I could probably go for watching it for other reasons too...




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Re: Morning Metaverse

Jan 31, 2013, 20:15

Sorry, missed the sarcasm in your paragraph of bragging about saving money.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 31, 2013, 15:55

Ahh, Logan's Run... that and An American Werewolf in London had me lusting after Jenny Agutter for decades.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 31, 2013, 14:26

IMDB has a 2005 photo of him which looks like you would expect. Obviously something happened in the last 7 years, an illness of some kind I would assume.

Edit: Ah, Blue updated indicating illness..




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Re: Morning Metaverse

Jan 31, 2013, 08:20

News Comments > Wizardry Online Launches

Anyone who has owned Amazon stock for any length of time is pretty happy. Up 39% over the last year, up over 250% over the last 5 years.




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Re: Wizardry Online Launches

Jan 31, 2013, 08:15

Hey, what do you expect from an IP that was essentially stolen anyway? I have to agree, the trailer left me thinking, "No thanks."




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Re: Morning Metaverse

Jan 30, 2013, 13:44

InBlack wrote on Jan 30, 2013, 10:48:
You arent 'most' people.

Believe me, I know. The fact that my friends and I are outside the targeted market for just about everything is often a point of conversation.




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Re: Morning Metaverse

Jan 30, 2013, 10:44

I've always wondered -- do the view counts get updated if I am running AdBlocker? It is so amazing to me that people make a living off putting content on YouTube. I mean, there is content there I am interested in, but I've never watched a single ad. Boggles the mind.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 30, 2013, 10:05

Yeah, I hate looking for this stuff. I seem to be more sensitive to those noises than most. I've actually been hoping that as I get older my hearing would get worse and I wouldn't be so sensitive to it. Hasn't seem to happen yet... both good and bad news.




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Re: Humble nickel from 1913

Jan 29, 2013, 13:12

Interesting story. I'm a minor (very minor) coin collector and hadn't ever heard about these coins, and obviously not the story behind this particular one.




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Re: Why film cameras are better...

Jan 27, 2013, 09:15

The pitch is basically for computer intimidated seniors. It isn't an unreasonable pitch, I'm pretty sure there are many seniors (millions?) who don't use computers. My question is, are there plentiful places available to get film development any longer? Didn't Walmart stop doing it? If I needed to get film developed I'm not sure where I would go.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 26, 2013, 17:50

Blue wrote on Jan 26, 2013, 16:07:
You may have noticed the comment counts were not updating, as this stemmed from the same issue.

Yep, I noticed. Nice to know it wasn't my PC's fault this time.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 25, 2013, 10:43

News Comments > Path of Exile Open Beta

I don't think Avatar was as bad as Verno wants to make it out to be, but it certainly wasn't great cinema. I think of it as "pop entertainment" much like "pop music". Fun to listen to/watch occasionally, but nothing for the history books. The Twilight movies aren't as bad as so many make them out to be either. I was a bit surprised at how little "teen romance" was in them based on their reputation. Once again, they fit the "pop entertainment" role. But whatever, to each their own...




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Re: Path of Exile Open Beta

Jan 24, 2013, 10:12

Looks interesting. I'd be more interested if it wasn't server based. Guess I'm a curmudgeon for wanting off-line play. I'll keep my eye on it, seems to have potential.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Jan 22, 2013, 10:59

News Comments > Morning Safety Dance

Yeah, Welker's wife pretty much nailed it. Only he paid off two families and she forgot to mention his disappearing clothes. Although, I guess we can include that in her exaggerated "acquitted for murder", his lawyers got that charge dropped in the plea agreement.




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Re: Morning Safety Dance

Jan 22, 2013, 10:53

News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs

Thanks, Ralph. You just keep bangin' your head on that brick wall. Have a good one.




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Re: Morning Legal Briefs

Jan 22, 2013, 09:50