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Real Name Jonah Dreyer   
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Description IT Professional
Intel Core Duo E6600
Zotac GeForce GTX 460 1 GB
Windows 7
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Signed On Oct 9, 2004, 08:44
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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
41. Re: Morning Consolidation May 24, 2013, 15:59 jdreyer
 
Kawlisse wrote on May 24, 2013, 13:58:
All this crap about next gen consoles, I do hope they fail !

Honestly, I don't want them to fail. I want them to make a consumer-focused product instead of a profit-focused product. Do right by consumers and you'll succeed. Focus on profit and treat your consumers poorly, and we'll go elsewhere. The problem is that it puts the entire game industry in a bad light.
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
9. Re: Morning Tech Bits May 24, 2013, 12:45 jdreyer
 
Julio wrote on May 24, 2013, 11:03:
It's an insult to Vista to lump it in with Windows 8. Vista>Windows 8...

Well, that might be going a bit far. Vista was a bloated, buggy piece of crap. But at least Vista was DESIGNED FOR THE GODDAMNED DESKTOP.
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
8. Re: Morning Tech Bits May 24, 2013, 12:43 jdreyer
 
InBlack wrote on May 24, 2013, 09:43:
It pisses me off that with every new architecture change we have to get a new mainboard, because of the fucking socket change. Fucking Intel trolls...

Dude, three letters: A.M.D.
 
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News Comments > Morning Consolidation
20. Re: Morning Consolidation May 24, 2013, 12:41 jdreyer
 
One BILLION? Whatever they're smoking, I want some. Sounds like you enter a state of eternal bliss, where the entire world is populated with unicorns and rainbows.

As for that visual DRM, that sounds like it violates the warrantless search clause of the USA constitution. Although, maybe they can bypass that with their EULA. Sounds like a Southpark episode in the making.
 
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News Comments > Into the Black
4. Re: Into the Black May 23, 2013, 22:21 jdreyer
 
Sepharo wrote on May 23, 2013, 22:02:
I like that they used little bricks to give the appearance of big bricks.

Heh, I actually wished they'd made a "real" one out of Legos, not a larger version of the actual Lego one.
 
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News Comments > Evening Consolidation
4. Re: Evening Consolidation May 23, 2013, 22:19 jdreyer
 
Yeah, no mention of AMD at all in the press release, not that I expected their to be. Not sure you can do physx over the cloud, can you? I would imagine the connection to be too slow.  
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News Comments > Steamships Ahoy - Skyward Collapse
2. Re: Steamships Ahoy - Skyward Collapse May 23, 2013, 22:16 jdreyer
 
Yeah, that was my exact thought: kinda interesting. It would be cool on my tablet, so I could play it on the plane or in bed before sleeping.  
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News Comments > Evening Metaverse
1. Re: Evening Metaverse May 23, 2013, 22:08 jdreyer
 
Good article about Inman. It was impressive that he was able to raise the money for the Tesla museum.  
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News Comments > Evening Tech Bits
5. Re: Evening Tech Bits May 23, 2013, 21:57 jdreyer
 
I think he's mostly right. I've been building PCs for 20 years, and I agree with most of his points. Sure, a laptop is still technically a PC, but everyone calls it a "laptop." Ditto for tablets and phones.  
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News Comments > Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Free Weekend
2. Re: Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Free Weekend May 23, 2013, 21:48 jdreyer
 
I tried this the last free weekend. It was better on paper than in execution. I see what they were trying for, though, and hope they continue to improve it.  
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
12. Re: Out of the Blue May 23, 2013, 16:14 jdreyer
 
Speaking of anti-glare glasses, has anyone tried Gunnars? The GWJ guys swear by them.

That Lego X-wing is cool, but I wouldn't make a life sized model of the Lego version. I'd make the actual one!

Europa Report looks very cool. Strange that it comes out on iTunes five full weeks before the theaters. I'd prefer to watch it on the big screen if the reviews are good.
 
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News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs
2. Re: Morning Legal Briefs May 23, 2013, 15:54 jdreyer
 
Julio wrote on May 23, 2013, 11:01:
The RIAA is operating like many companies now. Fire those pesky employees and give the cash to the top execs instead.

Yup, and work the peons harder to make up for the missing peons. This is how US workers have made massive improvements in productivity, only to see it "stolen" by execs at the top. See this wage chart, for example.
 
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News Comments > Morning Metaverse
1. Re: Morning Metaverse May 23, 2013, 15:49 jdreyer
 
Been re-watching AD. Wow, that show is pretty much pure genius.  
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News Comments > Wargaming's Open Source Support
6. Re: Wargaming's Open Source Support May 23, 2013, 15:18 jdreyer
 
I appreciate how they're spending their money: first rescuing Chris Taylor, now putting money into supporting open source. Yes, these things benefited them as well, but they also have an altruistic component to them.  
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News Comments > NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Launches
6. Re: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Launches May 23, 2013, 14:45 jdreyer
 
Yeah, I upgraded from a 460 to a 670 last summer, but didn't really see a huge improvement in graphics. The SSD I threw in made more of an impact in overall performance. I really don't think I'll need a new card for years, unless I set up a multimonitor rig or something.  
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News Comments > SimCity Patched
4. Re: SimCity Patched May 23, 2013, 14:41 jdreyer
 
Anyone still playing this? Is it getting any better? I mean despite the tiny plot size and always online requirement.  
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News Comments > Evening Consolidation
10. Re: Evening Consolidation May 23, 2013, 04:20 jdreyer
 
The Half Elf wrote on May 23, 2013, 01:30:
Ok seriously, it's a fucking windows machine with a X on it, how can you NOT make it backwords compatible?

Well, the XBox 360 has a completely different architecture, using PowerPC chips instead of the x86 based chips of the One. It's like trying to install Android on your PC: Can't do it.

That being said, the new XBox is powerful enough to emulate old 360 games. But that would require MS to put in time and effort to develop an emulator, and why would they do that and give up all those extra sales when people have to re-purchase their old library to play them on the new XBox? Remember, it's all about the money.
 
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News Comments > MS's PC Gaming Disregard to Continue
37. Re: MS's PC Gaming Disregard to Continue May 23, 2013, 03:19 jdreyer
 
Jerykk wrote on May 22, 2013, 23:33:
Where can I pre-order the new Solitaire?

I'm not going to preorder. It'll be half price on Steam before long.
 
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News Comments > Evening Consolidation
2. Re: Evening Consolidation May 22, 2013, 21:14 jdreyer
 
Xbox Exec: 'If You’re Backwards Compatible, You’re Really Backwards'.

That's the most fucked up thing I've read in a while, and there's been no shortage of late. Let's apply that logic to some other pastimes:

  • "If you're watching the Matrix, you're really backwards"

  • "If you're playing Magic the Gathering, you're really backwards"

  • "If you're listening to Discovery by Daft Punk, you're really backwards"

  • "If you're drinking Zima, you're really backwards"

  • (Okay, in fairness that last one might be true)

    This guy should join the Orth in Limbo.
     
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    News Comments > 15 Unreal Years
    3. Re: 15 Unreal Years May 22, 2013, 20:48 jdreyer
     
    I really enjoyed UT3 Black, in addition to all the others. Over the years I've liked the series much more so than Quake, for example. Not sure why people hate on UT3.

    I'm in the process of reinstalling 2004, actually. Someone a while back posted some links to a mod or a graphical update or somehing to 2004 that I want to try out. Anyone know what that was? I tried looking in the Blues archives, but couldn't locate it.

     
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