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Nickname Von Helmet
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Signed On Feb 15, 2001, 19:09
Total Comments 565 (Apprentice)
User ID 9036
 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
14. Re: Global Warming Nov 18, 2003, 11:08 Von Helmet
 
I just think it would be wild if one day global warming was found to be a myth....

It already is.

I have a geographer friend who goes absolutely spare anytime anyone talks about global warming. She says that it's all well within the bounds of perfectly natural, expected, cyclical climate change.

Or something.

 
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News Comments > Deus Ex Movie/Interview
2. Re: FTP Video link? Nov 18, 2003, 11:07 Von Helmet
 
Must be at it's limit, as it's slow for me... I'm getting 14k a second on a >T1 connection so something must be clogged at their end.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
5. Re: Paris Nov 18, 2003, 10:56 Von Helmet
 
Is it really going to make that much difference? She's a wild child who was in rehab at 16... That's pretty bad as it is. If you can live through that, I'm sure you can live through people seeing you shagging.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
24. Re: BF 1942 Camping Nov 17, 2003, 12:56 Von Helmet
 
I think penny-arcade summed this up well when annoying people accuse of spawn camping, when that's exactly what you're supposed to be doing

That cartoon doesn't seem to address spawn camping at all, it addresses being accused of camping when playing defense.

I thought that too Blue.

 
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News Comments > DX: Invisible War Interviews
68. Re: Choices Nov 16, 2003, 18:56 Von Helmet
 
a choice wether or not to trust certain people (something that was aggrivatingly impossible in DX1)

True dat.

About the only time I can think of when it really made any difference who you trusted was in the Hong Kong level, with the triads and Maggie Chow. Who you trusted only made a difference in terms of how long it took you to get round to killing Maggie Chow, but it still made a difference. About the only time it did though.

 
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News Comments > DX: Invisible War Interviews
60. Re: Deus Ex Fanboy Arrives Nov 16, 2003, 16:51 Von Helmet
 
Good argument / discussion btw, it's nice to see that bluesnews' forums are still capable of that.

Yoo sukcs cock!!! The discusion board isn't here for siensible chat! It's here for laem insults!!!

Fag0rt!

</attempt at irony>

 
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News Comments > DX: Invisible War Interviews
38. Re: No subject Nov 16, 2003, 10:38 Von Helmet
 
Look at Haflife. 3 small number down in the bottom, nothing else

Yeah, but in Half Life you weren't considering how many weapons you could carry, what ammo type you were using, how to upgrade your skills, what items you had, which keys you had, maps, images, logs, etc etc.

If you must compare DX to anything, at least make it an RPG of some kind.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
34. Re: HEED THY WARNING Nov 16, 2003, 05:01 Von Helmet
 
You heard about the reissue of Let It Be, minus the "wall of sound"? Should be cool...think it's out in the next week or two.

I heard some of it on the radio the other day. It was weird to hear it so cut down. I kinda prefer it with the "wall of sound" as it's more driving.

But I guess there's something to be said for music with minimal post-production (a la the White Stripes) so hey... whatever people want to hear.

 
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News Comments > Matrix Online Website
37. Re: No subject Nov 15, 2003, 09:18 Von Helmet
 
I agree that the human as battery idea is flawed, but there's some concept that the machines need the humans. They were created to serve them, and maybe somehow they are still tied to that, so they keep them alive for that reason.

Maybe.

 
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News Comments > UT2004 & Far Cry Movies
20. Re: *sniff* Nov 15, 2003, 07:18 Von Helmet
 
Oh UT 2004 why did you have to slide into 2004???

Am I the only one who thinks it makes sense for UT 2004 to come out in 2004?

Why does everything have to come out early? It's like releasing a book called 1984 in the 40s, or a film called 2001 in the 60s...

Hang on...

 
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News Comments > UT2004 & Far Cry Movies
13. Re: No subject Nov 14, 2003, 20:24 Von Helmet
 
Well, from what I've read, it's pretty much just an updated version of 2k3, or 2k3 as it should have been as many are saying.

It's supposed to be backwards compatible as I recall, so 2k3 mods will work with it, which suggests it builds on 2k3 rather than replacing it.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
38. Re: Gallon challenge Nov 14, 2003, 16:44 Von Helmet
 
A gallon? As in 8 pints of milk?

I find it hard to believe you can even manage 4 pints in 10-15 minutes. I used to drink a pint at a time, but that was enough for one go.

It's impossible partly due to the sheer volume of liquid, and moreover because of the fact that milk is actually fairly difficult for the body to break down, and it doesn't like having that much within it.

BTW, I'm sure a lot of the people who have fallen prey to this challenge started out saying "Why is it impossible to drink a gallon of milk in an hour? I bet I could do it."

I think it's one of those things that the vast empirical knowledge suggests that it just can't be done.


*edit*

All that said, I have just found a couple of sites with details of people doing it, but they are in the minority. And I mean like <1% minority.

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News Comments > Matrix Online Website
25. Re: read before you type Nov 14, 2003, 15:59 Von Helmet
 
I really liked all 3 movies.

You think I'm closed minded, ignorant, stupid?

The original post (which I quoted) was saying the exact opposite, only the original poster just said close-minded and ignorant, he didnt' call anybody 'stupid'. Pay attention.

Sorry, I'm half asleep here.

I'd argue about anything with anyone right now, and be unable to guarantee that any of it would make any sense

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
30. Re: Gallon challenge Nov 14, 2003, 15:08 Von Helmet
 
It's a site all about the "hilarious" practise of attempting to drink a gallon of milk within an hour, and then holding it down for an hour.

There's various medical reasons why this simply cannot be done, and as a result throwing up is inevitable.

The site focussed heavily on the throwing up part of the event. Apparently a whole load of pictures of people throwing up partially digested milk is interesting or amusing.

 
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News Comments > Matrix Online Website
18. Re: heh Nov 14, 2003, 14:14 Von Helmet
 
I really liked all 3 movies.

You think I'm closed minded, ignorant, stupid?

Guess what... I don't really care. Know why? It's because you're wrong. I'm not closed minded, ignorant or stupid.

I am, however, someone with different tastes in films and as such I may like something that you consider to be virtual garbage.

If the movie was genuinely bad, like say... Miss Congeniality, or Dude, Where's My Car? then you might have a better case in saying it was a bad film.

Anyway, I'm too tired to argue about this AGAIN.

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News Comments > Matrix Online Website
9. Re: oh hell no Nov 14, 2003, 12:20 Von Helmet
 
Yeah, but Ubi Soft also put out Splinter Cell, which as we are all aware is a game of monstrously awesome proportions.

 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
1. Microsoft Nov 14, 2003, 12:10 Von Helmet
 
MS: Don't Force Us to Be Lousy.

Heck, no one's been forcing them all these years and they've still been lousy.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
8. Am I getting old and boring... Nov 14, 2003, 12:09 Von Helmet
 
Am I the only one who thinks there's nothing big or hard or clever about drinking milk till you throw up?

The Jackass Generation is a truly terrifying thing.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
42. Re: PETA ...that spells M-O-O-N Nov 13, 2003, 17:22 Von Helmet
 
Did PETA assume that when there was a push westward around the mid-1800's that people took a stroll down to the local organic grocer/GAP for Tofu patties and brown rice in order to eat and cloth themselves?

I totally agree. It's really stupid. I'm not in favour of hunting for the sake of sport, or for the sake of cruelty to animals, but this kinda thing is fine. No one is taking undue pleasure in the killing or hurting of animals, so what's the big deal?

Somewhere I have a hat made out of rabbit fur which I bought for $20 in the Ukraine. Should ship a few PETA people out there, or Siberia or somewhere, see how their head feels without something to keep them warm.

Bottom line is fur is warm and meat is tasty and nutritious. Both of these things can be acquired from an animal (a beaver in this case) in a perfectly ethical fashion. It's ridiculous.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
28. Re: WTF? Nov 13, 2003, 14:11 Von Helmet
 
Save a tree, eat a beaver

They guy who sits next to me in some of my lectures is always writing that on my work. Either that or writing GAY reversed on a rubber (eraser) and then stamping it on the face of anyone else foolish enough to be sat near him.

 
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