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| News Comments > Saturday Mobilization |
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Re: Saturday Mobilization |
Sep 25, 2016, 11:44 |
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People are going to give up their steering wheels kicking and screaming but the roads, particularly in urban and metropolitan areas, would be safer if we all used robot cars.
Humans, as a species, can't drive for shit. Too selfish, too self-absorbed, and too aggressive. The last 20+ years or so of obscene traffic in our major cities has basically provided all the evidence we will ever need to factually state that robot cars would save lives.
Unfortunately humans, as a species, have another detrimental characteristic. We don't actually place much value on facts that don't either maintain our comfortable status quo or benefit us directly and immediately.
The robot car is the invention that could save thousands of lives annually but we will be so slow to adopt them that I suspect it will be decades before the mainstream population accepts them.
Folks in rural areas are a different thing. I can understand why Bubba Joe in a town of 1000 people in western Montana doesn't have a use for the tech and doesn't want anything to do with it. The lack of traffic, the amount of dirt roads..etc etc...that makes sense to me. |
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| News Comments > Oculus Facing Political Backlash [Updated] |
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Re: Oculus Facing Political Backlash [Updated] |
Sep 25, 2016, 11:36 |
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Quboid wrote on Sep 25, 2016, 11:03:
Jivaro wrote on Sep 25, 2016, 10:58:
Well, this thread certainly didn't disappoint...
At least we've finally sorted these issues out, once and for all.
lol... |
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| News Comments > Gone Gold - Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration |
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Re: Gone Gold - Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration |
Sep 25, 2016, 11:24 |
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Square Enix should just go full Capcom and start calling their Tomb Raider re-releases "Super" or "Ultra...or both.
"Ultra Super Rise of the Tomb Raider Featuring Lara Croft: The 20 Year Anniversary Collector's Edition"
I missed my calling in marketing right?  |
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| News Comments > Civilization VI Specifications |
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Re: Civilization VI Specifications |
Sep 25, 2016, 11:01 |
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descender wrote on Sep 23, 2016, 20:18:
I know this isn't what he meant but I don't know why anyone buys these games before the 2 expansions and the GOTY version drop. I suppose some people just hate their money :p
OOH OOH..I know this one! (waves hand frantically from the front row of the class)
As long as the game is moddable out of the box, people (like myself) will buy the Day One PC version. No idea what everyone is thinking though. If I didn't mod, I would wait for the GOTY. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Sep 25, 2016, 10:42 |
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1badmf wrote on Sep 25, 2016, 06:30:
nin wrote on Sep 24, 2016, 20:26:
Rebels season 3 is up at http://watchdisneyxd.go.com !!!!
ooh fellow rebels fan. nice! been wanting someone to fangirl with XD
I have only seen the first 3 episodes from season 1 due to time restrictions but all the hype around season 3 has got me getting ready to catch up to the current season ASAP. Clone Wars was popular, particularly with teens, but Rebels gets praise from just about everybody I talk to at any age...provided they are a SW fan that is. |
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| News Comments > New NVIDIA GeForce Drivers |
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Re: New NVIDIA GeForce Drivers |
Sep 22, 2016, 13:15 |
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Verno wrote on Sep 22, 2016, 09:14:
No issues with these drivers as per the norm.
Every time I install the newest driver, basically for the last 3 months, a couple of my games start showing a symptom that can only be described as selective texture flickering. I literally have no idea what else to cause it. Textures on some models flicker while other textures are fine. It appears to be "moving" models that are more likely to flicker, but honestly...the flickering is so bad I am not sure it's "only" the moving ones. SWTOR is the only game I play regularly that is affected, but when I tested it on other games the problem was still there at various levels. Thus, I have to keep reverting back to driver version 368.81...which I think is like 4-6 non-beta releases ago. That driver works fine with everything I throw at it.
My current main gaming rig is fairly modest. It uses an i5-2500k@ factory default 3.30GHz, 8 GB of RAM, and a Nvidia 760 GTX.(Windows 10) That said, turning everything down or messing with things just hasn't generated a difference let alone a solution which leads me to believe it isn't a problem revolving around a lack of system capability.
As long as the 368.81 driver functions I suppose it isn't a big deal, but I have to admit the issue has me frustrated. I don't like unknown problems with my gaming rig, even if they have workarounds. It's probably something stupid and easy that I am overlooking. It usually is. :/
Anyway, I have seen a thread or 2 at various forums that have people with what appears to be a similar problem but none of their solutions have worked for me so far. Maybe it's just my system and not really a Nvidia issue. *shrug* |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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Re: Op Ed |
Sep 19, 2016, 12:12 |
Jivaro |
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| The whole article contradicts itself a few times....which is cool because so does Valve. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Sep 19, 2016, 11:09 |
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I was at a Ren Fair all weekend and fairly disconnected from the world as a result. Came home to the headlines regarding the bombings in New Jersey/New York and the stabbings in Minnesota.
I hope everyone and their loved ones is well. Amazing to me that there were no deaths. |
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| News Comments > etc. |
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Re: etc. |
Sep 15, 2016, 12:23 |
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jdreyer wrote on Sep 15, 2016, 05:23:
Verno wrote on Sep 14, 2016, 13:30:
Kajetan wrote on Sep 14, 2016, 12:40:
Remember the last studio, founded by dev celebrities departing from Blizzard, being richly funded from the start without having a proper project?
Ahh, yes, Flagship Studios! Oh boy, those were funny days 
Hellgate: London had so much potential 
Wasn't it patched up years later into something decent? I thought I read that somewhere...
There was a community patch that only dealt with the original game and than there was the version of the game that was re-published and from what I saw turned into a decent game with a crappy ingame store that many felt was basically P2W. (I didn't stay long enough or play long enough to have an opinion one way or the other BUT....there were EXP buffs and the like available for real money so that sounds like P2W)
I was a huge fan of the original game, warts and all.
This comment was edited on Sep 15, 2016, 12:28. |
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| News Comments > Morning Mobilization |
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Re: Morning Mobilization |
Sep 14, 2016, 13:13 |
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| Weird that it claims the regular S7 does that. I have one as do like 10 of my friends and family and many of us have joked about how it feels like we are the only ones in our little circles currently not complaining about our phones. As always, personal experience doesn't always represent the global reality. Between all the headaches Apple and Samsung have been giving people recently I was sure I had completely lucked out. |
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| News Comments > Join The Crew for Free |
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Re: Join The Crew for Free |
Sep 14, 2016, 13:07 |
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I know that was an joking observation rather than a real question Red, but it got me thinking...which is always trouble...
This account says it was opened in 2010 but I used "corrandk" or something similar to it at both VE3d.com and here before 2010....so yeah....a while. It was the late great Billy Wilson that pointed me towards this site. I visited both sites all the way up until Robert left VE3d. I checked by occasionally at VE3d after that but I wasn't a fan of Andrew (as the site runner, I am sure he is a fine human being) or IGN for that matter, so RPS became my new regular stop along with Blue.
I changed my online nick at most sites to try to unify the name across the various places I visit on the Internet. I think I opened a new account rather than change my name on the old account because I don't have access to the email the old account used as it was an old business email. (my business was Internet gaming cafes..so appropriate given the circumstances at the time) In hindsight, I should have just messaged Blue I guess.
Ultimately it was fruitless because I use either my real name (Brant) or my WoW/City of Heroes/real life nickname (Sat) at everywhere but here and the Playstation. (Playstation ID uses my hotmail account which makes changing the name problematic because the email and the name are similar.)
I mean, at one point when I was the admin of a private TS server I used Brant/Sat/Jivaro/Corrandk just to make sure everybody knew they were the same person. Maybe I was actually making sure I knew they were all the same person?! Geez...I just realized the Internet has given me an identity crisis!
Anybody gone through this or am I the lone Internet schizophrenic?  |
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Sep 14, 2016, 12:39 |
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Kxmode wrote on Sep 14, 2016, 12:18:
Chris Metzen isn't going to retire. I'm certain he'll end up at Rob's studio soon enough; maybe not this year, but likely next.
That's what I am assuming as well.
As a guy who plays and loves most of what Blizzard has ever released I should be excited about the potential of the new studio with ex-Blizz folks working at it. Instead, this whole thing is reminding me of Hellgate: London....sadly. Of course, that isn't fair to Rob's new studio....but it is what it is. Hopefully the make better business decisions under the pressures of not having ActiBlizz type budgets to work with. |
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| News Comments > Morning Mobilization |
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Re: Morning Mobilization |
Sep 14, 2016, 12:25 |
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SpectralMeat wrote on Sep 14, 2016, 11:52:
Jivaro wrote on Sep 14, 2016, 11:49:
I am glad I went with just the standard Galaxy 7. When my Galaxy 3 died I was going to go with the Note. I liked the idea of the bigger screen and the stylus. Hopefully my 7 will last as long as my 3 and by that time they will have a Note I can get that doesn't double as an incendiary device. If it is the Edge version, you may want to double up on your life/house/car insurances as those like to blow up too
Nope, as I said, just the standard. The Edge and my uncoordinated fat fingers didn't jive. I kept accidentally doing things during the demo, something that I absolutely don't want to have to deal with. I already use a wallet style case for my phones to keep from doing that with a normal smartphone. With practice I am sure it would have worked out but I want my smartphone to be something I don't think about, not something I have to literally practice to use. As it turns out, that "grouchy old man" logic saved me from buying an incendiary grenade this time around..lol. |
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| News Comments > Join The Crew for Free |
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Re: Join The Crew for Free |
Sep 14, 2016, 12:00 |
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My attempt at shortening a thread that if you look at similar threads of the past with regard to free games...should be fairly predictable in terms of posts. With that in mind I thought maybe I could save everybody some time.
Cons:
1) man, I have to download another distribution system to get it? Screw that! (This post would also have a bunch of anti-steam, anti-origin stuff in it as well and most likely cause at least 5-10 posts either supporting or making fun of the comment. So this one really helps to thin out the thread)
2) Ubisoft did all that DRM stuff remember? Screw that!
3) It's arcade not real physics. Screw that! I am not a real race car driver so I am not sure what real physics would feel like but I am sure that when people say they are just like the real thing they couldn't possibly be blowing smoke up my ass. Use real physics or GTFO you filthy casuals!!!
4) It's NFS with a story. I don't like stories and I don't like NFS, screw that! In fact, all modern video games suck. I remember back when..blah blah blah blah .....
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Pros:
1) It's a free game that many people enjoyed. I will download that!
2) It's free? *shrug* I will download that.
3) I like driving games, I will download that! |
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| News Comments > Morning Mobilization |
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Re: Morning Mobilization |
Sep 14, 2016, 11:49 |
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| I am glad I went with just the standard Galaxy 7. When my Galaxy 3 died I was going to go with the Note. I liked the idea of the bigger screen and the stylus. Hopefully my 7 will last as long as my 3 and by that time they will have a Note I can get that doesn't double as an incendiary device. |
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