Although I can't help but wonder if there's a faster/easier solution out there somewhere ...

Burn the mp3s to an audio cd disc image (.iso) instead of a real disc and mount the image with daemon tools or whatever. Then rip the mounted cd image with exact audio copy and lame. If you include a cd-text portion on the disc, you may even save some time with filenames.

100 hours / 200 endings = 30 minutes per ending.

sounds like fun! better keep track of your savegames....

Every generation of new parents is forced to come to grips with their inability to completely control their children's lives.

Maybe we should legislate institutionalized child-rearing to alleviate them of that burden. (all you would have to do is make public school a 24/7 thing)

toon wins. wow = job.

Kim Stanley Robinson wrote a great series starting with Red Mars. No way could I play a game with the same name as the third book... silly fools!

avast, thar be hypocrites on thee horizon!

while i dont disagree with him, kinda funny that he would say

made worse by the irresponsible actions of attention-seekers and the media

when he is essentially doing the same thing.

hey batman, my neighbor finally got busted. it was on thursday 1/17 about 7pm i saw about 15-20 cops in full body armor, helmets and carrying what looked like mp5s rush through my front yard. scared the piss outta me!

they ended up carting the dude out about an hour later and there have been no more nutball methheads knocking on his door since. i can dig it

got any kind of an inside scoop you can share?

they are the walmart of electronics. force your supplier pricing down through volume, jack up prices on brand names, foment a retarded customer base, do a 'just good enough' job on service work and SELL THOSE STUPID FUCKING EXTENDED WARRANTIES.

My character is now two years old. I will continue to play this game indefinitely because the skill system does not require me to actually play the game. I can log on, set a skill to train and come back a week or a month later when the training is complete.

There is no grind for skills besides the ones you acquire from playing the game (like knowing where a gatecamp is likely to be set in 0.0 space and how best to avoid it). The skillbooks can be expensive (about 1 billion isk total to get into a carrier) but there is plenty to do in the game that does not require expensive ships/skills.

The only grind you will encounter is for cash (mining, ratting or mission running). There are many other ways to make money, I personally trade massive amounts of minerals in a couple regions. I am able to sustain a minimum of playtime with a maximum of fun in 0.0 space just by the profits I make from the mineral markets.

The only parallel I will draw to WoW is this: anyone who reached level 60 (or whatever the max is now) and was in a guild capable of running the high level instances knows the game doesn't really start until then. Everything before level 60 was basically training to work in a group so you would be prepared for 40-person raids. In Eve the game does not start until you join a corp/alliance in 0.0 space that is fighting over sovereignty. Until you take part in your first deathstar anchoring, you have not really played Eve.

The trial is disingenuous because it just shows you an overly complex system that overwhelms pretty much everyone. Pay for a year of the game and you will understand the necessity of the complexity that allows for the huge 0.0 territorial wars.

Check out this map: http://sov.eve-dev.net/maps/influence.png

Each one of those dots is a system with a number of planets, each planet with a number of moons. Each moon allows for the anchoring of a control tower which can be built out into a number of different things: interstellar jump bridge, moon miner, factory, research lab, defense base, system scanner, etc.

The complexity of this game may be overwhelming at first, but once you start to understand things it is fun, as long as you don't burn yourself out on it. The most important thing to do is keep a skill training at all times. The best part about that? You don't even need to play to game to do so.

That's right: the BEST part about this game is that you do not have to play it to advance skill levels.

i am still trying to figure out v for vendetta. my family has burned a guy fawkes effigy every year for as long as i can remember, and the legend around this day is outright antiestablishment.

so why did one establishment make a movie about blowing up THE establishment. v for vendetta is a tad different than, say, independence day (the movie). and while the plot of vendetta gives an easily divined reason for sedition and treason, the real life story of guy fawkes was much less clear cut.

check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot

besides the firefly movie, this is the only other thing i could think of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJVolaC8pw


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i used to stay up all night for wootoffs waiting for the BOCs.

now i let the computer do it for me:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4458

yeah, missed that reply. sent you an email.

you missed quite a few bars in your list btw

doh. not sure to what you are referring. if i forgot, refresh me. it is possible i missed one of your replies....

I would hate for my holio to get polio.

every copy is the same, so within 24 hours there will be a hack to get the special units. too bad for the pre-order saps.

have they fixed the ai pathing in supreme commander yet?

central ave sucks ass now....

i get on my bike if i need to cross the river for anything, i get to wave at the poor sardines in their tin cans on the bridge.

batman, what is your closest bar, and would you be up for a meet and greet sometime?

Been in NE for two years. I love the bars, spend too much time and money at the 331.

We did a 7 hour game of Axis and Allies with brats from Kramarczuk's before and after. Sat outside, ate brats, drank beer and enjoyed a day with my best buddies. A banner day.

What a beautiful weekend so far, eh batman? I sure hope you spent some time outside today