I bought Amnesia over the steam christmas sale just to play for this week/weekend.

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You don't need 4 HDMI inputs, what you need is an HDMI-switching receiver with (at least)  4 hdmi inputs

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Brin's first uplift series is really good.  Starts with Sundiver, then Startide Rising, and concludes with The Uplift War.

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The ultimate in space opera is ee "doc" Smith's Lensmen series.

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Bump - this starts tonight (Tivo is set!)

They had a 10-15 minute preview from Comic Con earlier this year that got yanked from youtube.  It was pretty funny (cornholio made an appearance, and they ripped on MTV for not having videos, and ripped on Twilight, Jersey Shore, etc.)

This page has some of it.

I hate saying this, but NFC West teams have beaten the, NFC East and NFC North division leaders.  So which division is weakest in the NFC?

I'm pretty sure the Packers are unbeaten.  The niners did take down the south leading bucs tho...

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Down again, it appears.

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Even better - did it come from Sim City?

Long before Cain was running for president and getting attention for his 999 plan, the residents of SimCity 4 -- which was released in 2003 -- were living under a system where the default tax rate was 9 percent for commercial taxes, 9 percent for industrial taxes and 9 percent for residential taxes. (That is, of course, if you didn't use the cheat codes to get unlimited money and avoid taxes altogether.)

The campaign staffer who came up with the plan had no comment.   

You really think Herman Cain couldn't come up with that idea on his own?

FWIW, he didn't - from the article:

Rich Lowrie, the Ohio Wells Fargo employee who is the brains behind Cain's plan, did not return a request for comment regarding whether he is a fan of SimCity and looked to the game for inspiration.

Even better - did it come from Sim City?

Long before Cain was running for president and getting attention for his 999 plan, the residents of SimCity 4 -- which was released in 2003 -- were living under a system where the default tax rate was 9 percent for commercial taxes, 9 percent for industrial taxes and 9 percent for residential taxes. (That is, of course, if you didn't use the cheat codes to get unlimited money and avoid taxes altogether.)

The campaign staffer who came up with the plan had no comment.   

Have you moved a lot if apps to the sd card?  Otherwise it could be data that it's trying to load...

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Nuts!  I saw that it was on, but I didn't know it was Ken Burns...  will have to see if there's a rerun of the first episode...

Is the difference between the Premiere and Premiere XL worth the increased cost?

Do you have a 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound home theater?  If so, then the THX sound is probably worth it, if not, then get yourself an external 1-2 TB drive that's compatible and go with it.  I have Comcast, with 1 XL in the living room (where the surround sound is) and a premier downstairs.  I do love the extra space in the XL though - it's been nice not having to deal with the space issues the Comcast Motorola boxes had.

Gears 3

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I have a feeling this is going to be a 'meh' update.

I've had an iPhone since the very first one came out back in 2007. But now I'm thinking of switching to WP7 - that Nokia phone looks sweet.

4g (where it's available) is pretty sweet.

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Gears 3 - some campaign, my first try at Horde, and some Team Deathmatch.

I'm planning on reading it too, but I have a hard time shelling out $17 for a kindle book (which is a little odd to me, as in the past I wouldn't blink at doing so for a hardcover book).  However, I got really burned out on the Baroque cycle (haven't even picked up Anathem, as I'm afraid it will be a slog through more-of-the-same).

I got some MP in yesterday - had a good time doing 2-player horde (we got to 20, but ran out of money/turrets/etc. and couldn't get over the hump).  Also did some TDM (team deathmatch) with strangers, and I did ok.  One nice thing, I didn't have any mp lag, and I didn't have teenagers chattering in my ear at all (it was actually eerily silent), at points there were some bots filling out the teams, but that was ok.  I'd rather play with friends though. 

Also, (and I believe this was fixed w/patches in Gears 2, but I didn't play that MP much after the first week or so) but there didn't appear to be the host advantage that was there in Gears 1.

On the whole, I'm enjoying it, though I did have to ramp the difficulty in the campaign up to hardcore - which I usually don't do in shooters.

Does this MP skin give BJs or something? $20?!

I think it has the smallest footprint, so it may be harder to hit.

I looked around to see if anyone was online the past couple of nights, but only saw about 2-3 playing the campaign, so I didn't get to try any MP.  I'm Pyperkub there as well, FWIW (usually not available until after 6:30 PST on weeknights).  Maybe we need to get the Friday night MP session going...

I've been staring at halo: reach on my shelf and just haven't been in the mood to fight more covenant, then I saw that gears of war 3 was out this week.  I finally realized that I'd been wanting more gears.  I even had to fire up the first just to take out a berzerker on hardcore.

Done.

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GOW is probably my favorite series on the xbox, better than cod/halo by a long shot.

Agreed.

I'm in need of some more gears action, so not only did I pre order, but I fired up the original on hardcore.  I'm enjoying it, but gosh do I suck on hardcore.  I may have to adjust the control sensitivity as they seem really unresponsive.

I'm looking forward to seeing the usual suspects online this week for some curb-stomping,chainsawing good times!
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September?  For some reason I wasn't expecting this until November...  Hmmm

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I started this year's version.  Come one, come all.

Yahoo Fantasy Sports
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Updated OP, and for those paying attention, the first games are Thursday, though the first pickem games are friday, so get your picks in!  Go Bruins!

Jim Daly was amazing on all of the Harry Potter books.

Tivo premiere hd in one room, tivo premiere in the other.  Networked, play rec from other tivo if necessary.

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And having issues again:

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Somehow this story hasn't broke on the main news sites yet. I wonder what's taking it so long?

Biggest factor appears to be that the accuser has been changing his story, ostensibly to avoid jail time on prostitution charges.  The local papers are on it (Ft Wayne and Indianapolis), as well as what appears to be a local tv station

So, I finally finished the 2nd one.

Loved the Art direction
Loved the story
Loved the Asian and Dollhouse levels particularly
Loved the giant Alice level

Didn't care for the checkpoint system, though it wasn't too bad (though there were a couple of boss battles that had unnecessary lead-ins associated with the last checkpoint).

Levels were too long.  I'd get bored/frustrated with the duration of the levels.  It really needed a level editor

Many levels were too quake-esque - this is wonderland, you don't need to make things brown and grey dammit!  Even if you want it 'twisted'/

Dollhouse level, while really cool, had too many hidden items - I barely found half, and I think most of those were from blitzing through some of the jumping puzzles without really knowing where I was going and what decisions were 'you can't go back from here' decisions

Chris Vrenna's music was not as engaging as the first.  I was kind of disappointed in this.  The atmosphere just wasn't the same.  Not bad, but not as engaging.

While the art and levels were interesting, they didn't reach the heights of the first Alice.  Nothing really matched up to the black and white chessboard level or the Skool level from the original.  I wouldd have liked revisiting some of the old levels/level styles with the new tech, esp. as Alice was going back through her Wonderland

Whle there was a fair variety to the enemies, I didn't like that the 'Ruin' meme was the predominant enemy.  I would have liked more card guards instead of ruins.  I also kind of missed the 'banshee' enemies from the first, despite how much of a pain they were.

I liked the art direction of the blue radula rooms - would have liked some levels based on those.  I got tired of fighting on the peace symbol radula room

they should have had another giant alice level.  that was fun (I'm glad they put in a giant alice radula room)  I would have loved to step on some of the Colossal Ruins, etc..  I also would have liked to see the Jabberwock make another appearance

Overall, I enjoyed it, and I'm glad I paid the $60 for it, especially since they allowed me to go through the original again.  It had echoed in my mind for a long time, and it was a treat to play through it again.

Yeah, for a few hours...

My feeling was I could throw it out there on the chance she accepts it or something close to it, all the while looking for the right representation just in case.

Are you confident that you understand the potential legal consequences of your planned counter-offer, including its tax consequences, its enforceability if accepted, and whether it can be used against you in ways you have not anticipated (for instance, as making admissions on some topics) if she rejects it and takes this to court?

You win, Mr Fed. You always do

I'm making calls right now to friends, trying to find a referral. Do you happen to know a good, reputable divorce attorney in Atlanta?

Nope.  But I can ask.

isn't Tareeq in that general neck of the woods? Maybe he knows someone...

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defense grid, alice, universe simulator...

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If I see it, I'll try it.

I find it interesting that bullwinkle is interested in moose beer...

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Epic 4g here, no problems. Dark display style FWIW

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I did Volunteer work, Picked up new skills (SQL server Admin certification), trained for a bike ride, gamed, etc.  I tried to get out of the house first thing in the morning by biking to the library and studying for the SQL Server cert, I'd get a training ride done in the afternoons, and saved my gaming for evenings.  Gaming was actually a good cost-efficient entertainment.

Why I like the phones that can be easily rooted (most any Android phone that isn't Samsung based) - thanks to the community, you can get upgrades and new versions faster than Google themselves sometimes.

I think you mean Motorola.

How long do you plan on keeping your phone?  Is Sprint 4G available in your area right now?  I do tend to think that Sprint will eventually abandon their WiMax 4G and go all LTE, so I wouldn't necessarily get one of the current Sprint 4G phones if I could avoid the $10 Sprint fee for them and I was in an area that doesn't support it now.  If you are on a SERO plan, there are options for upconverting that now.

Alice is just the 2nd game I've pre-ordered in the past few years, and I only Pre-ordered Rock Band 3 because I wanted to make sure I could get a keyboard.

Crossposted from other Alice topic:

I'm playing on the 360 and have only jumped into the Original Alice (it was an ~ 1GB download with a code in the box).  No manuals, just 'Manual on Disc, accessible from menus - which aren't accessible from the Original Alice.  I would have like a controls insert at least.

Y button to climb up a ledge that you're hanging from is a little slow to react, usually taking a couple of tries to work.  This hasn't really hindered gameplay for me yet, and I can't remember if there are any occasions when it would (I'm not remembering anything like the end of Psychonauts which almost had me screaming in frustration - wait, scratch the almost - I'm pretty sure I did scream at least once).

The Original Alice hasn't been spruced up much, and seems easier (I'm playing on Normal).  I'm not sure if this has to do with using a gamepad instead of mouse+keyboard (I traditionally turn with the mouse and strafe with buttons, which probably wasn't the best setup for this game, as I'd get the camera turned around 10 years ago playing on PC.  It may also be that I played the Original on Hard, or something (it's been awhile).  The engine looks to be the same Quake engine, with the same textures, etc, but it does run in widescreen on my 1080i plasma.  The cutscenes are letterboxed (some zoomed in, clipping the tops of some heads), while the intro is 4:3.  I'm enjoying going through it again - I just love the atmosphere the music lends.  I've gotten past the 1st boss battle (The Duchess), and it was a lot easier than I remember it on PC, but it's probably a lot easier to throw Jack in the Boxes with the gamepad than when I was trying it on the PC.

Dragon Age 1 maybe?

Daggerdale on the 360?  Looks like it has been released for PC for $15.