Just was checking out Ain't It Cool News -- without spoilers, the reviewer of this week's episode claims that it was the best yet...

I agree with you LSS, Blizzard dosen't make you play WoW they just make you want too  .  I had issues with the tone of the blog just like you did about whose responsibility it was for his actions, I believe it is on him for playing so much, WoW didn't invent the openended MMORPG model, they just put out the most popular version to date.  It is also hard to buy into the "WoW has ruined more lives than any drug" line of reasoning since I have yet to hear of WoW related breakin's, car thefts, bank robberies or even prostitutes out there looking for a WoW game fix in return for certain return favors. 

I can see all his points and I wasn't anywhere near that hooked.  The thing that keeps me from going back to WoW for the most part is health, I gained some weight while playing and stopped riding my bike and doing other physical activities.  Now that I've given up the game, I don't have the easy excuse to avoid working out or doing yard work or cooking etc.  I won't go back to WoW because it did consume far more of my time than I finally could be comfortable with and I see no way to just dabble in the game for an hour or two a week as that would turn into 10 or 15 and keep going up and I'd repeat the cycle all over again.

Glad to hear everything is ok oh and

Did you not click the spoiler tag on page 1?  It sounds like that picture wasn't far off   

Yepper, I think you qualify for a deprived childhood if you didn't have the dump truck.

Bah Lasik is nothing, nothing I say!  Well compared to the two different surgeries I've had on my right eye.  Nothing like telling the wife about waking up as they put the final sitches into the eye (couldn't feel anything much, just a small tugging) as she hates eye stuff  .  I could feel them slide out when the doctor removed them, not too bad really but I was envious of the Lasik patients as they just got some drops and sat in a chair for a few minutes and didn't have sharp tweezers right next to their eye.  I'd do Lasik if I could but I have kerataconus (sp?) in that right eye (hence the surgery(s)) and am not a suitable case. Too bad too since my vision is horrible in both eyes.

Ahh I'll just pick one up when I can as there isn't anything PS3 related I really want atm.   

For sheer ease of use you won't beat a Tivo and you only need the phone line for the initial setup (it will remind you to make a daily call after a month but that won't affect your service).  I believe the series 2 Tivo's can network with your PC's but I only have the HDTivo that lacks that feature.  I wouldn't dream of trying to get my technophobic wife to use a PC based solution as she hates having to deal with computers, the cable company DVR's from what I hear are not as slick as Tivo's but do the same basic job. 

how does it keep the programming up to date with only a once a month connection?

if I use their Wireless Gizmo to connec to my network won't that keep stuff updated?

It downloads the program data from the sats not the phone lines, as far as I can tell only firmware updates come over the phone lines.  I've gone months with the phone line disconnected and never lost any programming data.

For sheer ease of use you won't beat a Tivo and you only need the phone line for the initial setup (it will remind you to make a daily call after a month but that won't affect your service).  I believe the series 2 Tivo's can network with your PC's but I only have the HDTivo that lacks that feature.  I wouldn't dream of trying to get my technophobic wife to use a PC based solution as she hates having to deal with computers, the cable company DVR's from what I hear are not as slick as Tivo's but do the same basic job. 

I guessing that different enrichment processes of different countries leave some kind of 'signature'.

I'd think creating and detonating a nuke would make anonymity nearly impossible.

Also, if you're the mastermind who finally does it, chances are you aren't going to be silent about it.

At work we can tell where certain radioactive equipment comes from based on the isotopic ratios we detect.  I assume the military knows the standard isotopic breakdown of each nations weapons after they test one and from that can tell where it was made.

oh and they have missiles that can hit alaska - the test last month didnt "fail" the rocket went up, flew under power and then went down - come on do you honestly think that when a nation tests long range icbms they let them fly several thousand miles? the big hurdle is getting them up - after that its only a matter of giving them fuel

The U.S. missile test range is many thousands of miles long.  The big hurdle isn't getting them up, enough thrust will do that, the big hurdle is getting them to land where you want them to and the only way to be sure of your guidence systems is to fly them thousands of miles.  From what I've read the N. Korean nuke weapons are very large and in no way capable of being launched as a missile warhead.

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Big thumbs up from me.

Ali Larter doing a RealPeachez/MelissaMidwest thing earned alot of goodwill from me.  In fact, I'm certain that much of this show was designed with today's pop culture/internet savvy audience in mind.  IE,  the Japanese fetish for scat(obliquely hinted at), the Ogrish type elements of the cheerleader's story,  the handheld video of the jump that played like one of those Toyota truck commercials, stuff like that.  I got a kick out of all that.

 I liked that they leveraged their concept for its best advantage- pacing.   They keep throwing the stories at you and it keeps things from bogging down.

One minor pet peeve, and this is just a preference of mine, is that this show should have a rule that ALL their powers must be represented visually in some way.   

Spoiler for Hiden:

Ali Larter's character did her thing off camera- boo!  Considering how graphic the cheerleader's 'hand down the drain' scene was, why cheese out?  We saw the paintings, we saw the teleporting, we saw the jumping and we saw the flying.   At least rewrite the scene so you can show what happened, that's what I wanted to see.   Unless they are saving her power to be revealed in some kind of shocking scene later, but then it had better be damn good.  If it just turns out that her alter ego did some Matrix type fighting they might as well have shown that now.

Spoiler for Hiden:

But it was on film, the camcorder that was running during the event and she grabbed it on the way out so I expect we may see it some day (soon I hope)

I liked it.

Without clicking on the link first I'm guessing Scarface is #1.

edit:  wow not even close 

Rocket Slime caught my attention so I bought a black DS and the game and had lots of fun with it.  Also Saint's Row where I finished off the Las Carnales  and the hitman stuff.  I managed to complete the escort activity near the airport as well.  Probably going to try to finish off the Vice Kings next.  I'll be looking for some more DS games to add to my collection (currently numbering one atm) as I really like the form factor of the unit and the screens are fantastic.

Truthfully, I "use" Destructor's weekly post.  Seriously.

This ++

Damn I still have a Series 1 with lifetime sub stuffed into my storage cabinet.  I use DirectTv with the HDTivo and it rocks but there is a down side, I live in a smaller market size (#121 in the nation) and D* isn't providing HD locals for us yet and only one channel broadcasts HD OTA.  So I'm stuck with the few D* HD's and CBS OTA.  I don't get ABC,FOX or NBC HD so I miss a lot of HD sports and shows .  No telling when we might get more stuff.  The local cable company has more channels I believe but my wife would kill me if we got rid of the Tivo.

I was watching an episode of Dead like Me on HDnet and they had a promo for Arrested Development being re-aired on the channel.  I'd love to re-watch this in HD so Tivo will be getting another season pass soon.

New gangster on the block and lisn to dis

Ice Ice Baby, Ice Ice Baby
All right stop, Collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Then I flow like a harpoon daily and nightly

That's correct people  Vanilla Ice returns (well really Otter Chaos but hey I'm as white as old Icy there    ).  I'm sure I can rhyme listen and invention too.

Well all the good buzz about this show and I've never seen one episode so I figure I'll troll the waters and see if anyone is looking to clear out some shelf space before I go to ebay or amazon.

Well the first week on November is looking wallet walloping with Forza 2 (steering wheel as well?), COD3, Guitar Hero 2, Gears of War all on my list.  Not much in between now and then  but I'm sure something(s) will catch my eye(cash).

I do remember playing UO it seems even before PK'ing got it's start.  Back then I'd hunt birds for feathers or chop down trees for hours, only to lose it all when the server reset back 4 hours, that was too frustrating for me to stick around long enough for the stability issues to be fixed.

Am I missing a link to the front page from the forums?  I usually hit the forums first and then link to the home page but I don't see any hotspot that allows for that.

I really like Tim's Jalapeno chips :


Kettle crunchy and nice n' spicy!

If I'm not in the mood for spicy chips, I'll take regular Lay's BBQ...yum.

Nth, I just went out and bought those.  I love hot and spicy food and these chips were excellent!  Recommended!!

Then track these down!

Imagine how much could be found if we could get past the earth's crust and into the mantle.

I really like Tim's Jalapeno chips :


Kettle crunchy and nice n' spicy!

Hell. Yes.

gellar

Tim's makes the best chips, no doubt about it.  I like the plain old variety best, but they're all good.

Put me down for the regular Tim's as well.  I brought home the Habanero version that were very hot and got quite a laugh when my wife grabbed a few to try! And I got to eat the rest of the bag myself.  On a side note I've  just started to put the chips on my turkey sandwich as well, adds a nice crunch.

Fantastic!  Thanks for the link

I joined up with the Fearless Octopii today and managed to build my first Hound- nickname bugly cause it's butt ugly.  It also is very slow but has weak firepower to offset that   .  Did a couple of individual missions with a couple of squaddies and had fun but I need to do more SP to get parts and also re-do the whole hound in the garage.  XBL handle is OtterChaos

Black Crypt on the Amiga
Divine Divinity
Savage Empire

MORE TITAN QUEST!!!

I'm so in love.   :lol:

This++

Just about ready to head to Egypt!

Is that Soul Reaper?  I have that too!

Yes, same one!  It made my fight against the Telkine much easier.

I think I have that shield as well, can't remember the name of it atm.

Dang I wasn't even remotely interested in this title and now I need to go track it down as it sounds very fun.  I work nights so am probably out for most MP action with your squad but if there is still room I'd love to join (once I get the game) and if you need the space for a more active member I've no problem with being dropped out.

p.s.  couldn't that reviewer have not mentioned M1 Tank platoon so much?  I love that game and that sealed the fate of my $60  

#5 is my favorite  

For those who had problem with XBOX 360 destroying disc, what dvd-rom drive do your XBOX 360 have? Hitachi-LG (have a lot of holes in the tray) or Toshiba-Samsung?

I can't answer that one Victoria since that 360 has since died the shameful death of 3 red lights and I have a replacement.  I can only say no other disc has had a problem so I may have done it myself but I don't know how.

THANKFULLY, the game plays...I have no idea how.

My copy of PGR3 played fine until I opened up a new set of tracks.  I felt like I was playing a demo and I had to pay to continue.

Same here on PGR3, I have had no problems with other discs so I can only think I moved the 360 during operation and don't remember it.   I have the exact same wear pattern

That software looks pretty cool.  Does it import the maps for you, and take care of everything during the download to the PC?

When I was looking at GPS things a few years ago for running, they were pretty inaccurate and it seemed any sky coverage, even a few trees would really screw them up.  Average speed and such also would be wrong as well, since they wouldn't update frequently enough.  How do they work now?  Are the GPS units pretty accurate now?

I usually just let it import the maps live from google, I can't remember what it does with other map types.  I don't have that many trees on my route and the GPS seems accurate enough.  I had some difficulty with the heart rate strap keeping a signal but I replaced the battery and now it works very well.

I use sports tracks software for my Garmin 301.  http://www.zonefivesoftware.com/SportTracks/index.html

Not much else to add, the thing works great on my bike and no more wires or magnets

Samsung and it seems pretty loud, when I'm playing Live arcade games the unit is so much quiter.

Thanks for the info guys, I got a reply from HQ and they have passed my concerns onto the district manager.  I made sure in my email to state that the employees were not at fault and they were helpful to me in getting the whole system swapped.  I really don't want them to get into hot water over this, I'm not looking for anything more then getting my remote back.  Interesting comments Sarkus about the warranty, I had no idea that was the model they used.  I remember being a bit pissed the day I bought it as they were pushing the 1 year plan and making no mention of the 2 year deal that was in the box itself.  When I had to use this one and lost my remote and HD info I guess it ticked me off enough to go higher up the chain.

I sent an E-mail to the address on the Game Crazy website expalining my side and how I'm not happy to be out a remote so we shall see if anything comes of it.