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Non-Gaming / Off-Topic / Re: BCS (College Football)
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on: December 03, 2007, 05:19:55 PM
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There is a provision for the smaller conferences, like where Hawaii resides, that if they have such a great season they are going to get a big $ bowl. And that is what this is all about. OH St #1? They haven't played in 6 weeks, wth is that? Just like the electoral process they have a lot of people that are willing and financially able to go see their team pretty much anywhere.
LSU beat a few nobodies by the proverbial skin of their teeth. They have a decent team and won when it counted, but they are not the power house their record indicates.
Oklahoma dominated one of the worst conferences in history; big whoop. Very odd for all those years where if it wasn't corn-fed it wasn't a football player, but perhaps the kids are getting smarter and getting away from home to play ball elsewhere. Don't think they're worthy of the #3
Ariz State SHOULD have been handed the Fiesta bowl, against Oklahoma just like the old days, but the market shows that we do better with more torusim dollars having two outsider teams. No brainiac requisite on that one, but it sucks for ASU. Meanwhile they get another Holiday bowl is san diego (not even in Hawaii anymore??) and Texas is in for it.
USC lost to Stanford and should not be ranked again until 2010.
It's all about the money and business is good. Still, your books are $300 per!
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Non-Gaming / Off-Topic / Re: Real or Fake?
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on: December 03, 2007, 04:54:21 PM
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Save a tree, get a pine-smell air freshner; or better still, go camping. The fire risk and cleanup after the thing has been in my house for two weeks is simply not worth it.
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Non-Gaming / Off-Topic / Re: Quick Morality Quiz From Time Magazine
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on: November 26, 2007, 04:00:37 PM
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Very lame quiz.
Yes -- that infant has no chance without parents Yes -- mortally wounded man had better have the balls to jump off, but if I have to, I'd toss him over Yes -- but would I have the reflexes to do it? No No
But in all 3 latter cases can't I just yell at people to GTFO? What happens to the trolley if it takes a sharp turn, are there people on it? Are any of the 5 hot women? What if the trolley flips over, jumps off the tracks, and takes out the 5 anyway?
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Gaming / Console / PC Gaming / Re: Hellgate: London - Show us your loot! [56k warning]
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on: November 23, 2007, 06:50:48 PM
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I tried the augmentrix once and it was a waste of cash, so i won't be bothering with that anymore.
Shocking, I know, but there was a bug in the augmentrix. It is now fixed and works properly....whatever that is. I got some kind of bonus added to the item, but it was some sort of lame 4% damage to demons or something. So in what way was this 'fixed'?
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Non-Gaming / Hardware / Software Hell / 3D engine failure
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on: November 15, 2007, 03:44:01 PM
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I think I've done all that can be done, but perhaps I can learn a little something here.
My PowerColor 9800 SE will not draw 3D any longer. I can't start WoW, or Hellgate due to the issue. DXDIAG also confirms that 3D engine will not initlialize on Dx7, 8, or 9.
I have reinstalled the latest ATI drivers 3 times and DirectX 9.0b & c twice. I can still surf and all that, it's not totally dead, but no 3D games will work.
Win XP Home 500W power supply 9800SE AGP4x/8x 1GB PC3200 RAM AMD MP 1800+ (I think) OC'd 2.2GHz
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Non-Gaming / Off-Topic / Re: Stand-up comedy
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on: November 12, 2007, 09:53:41 PM
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also whos the funny skinny guy mid 30s talks a lot about his dad and his crazy wife (i got my white trash black belt that night) and recently had another special? if someone can remember his name, hes pretty damn funny. if it helps im pretty sure he performed at a uso show in iraq - if that narrows it down
Tall skinny guy with the flat top? had a TV show a few years back? Max headroom looking guy?Aha, Chris Titus http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414324/quotesYes, I enjoyed his show.
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Gaming / Console / PC Gaming / Re: Anyone else getting tired of the bugs in Hellgate London?
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on: November 12, 2007, 03:41:58 PM
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I've had one lovely bug come up from time to time - the level loads in COMPLETELY dark. As if there isn't an ounce of ambient lighting PERIOD. The only source of light until I restart the game (as zoning in/out doesn't work) is to keep firing - the lighting 'effects' from my gun hitting the ground, along with the mini-map, allow me to see enough of the level to progress. Dude... that's a map that's supposed to be that way. You were given a helmet with a freakin light on it for that level. You aren't the only person to report that issue in that map.  Oh good, someone beat me to it. There were a couple times where the shading took a couple seconds to kick in and I thought this was a bug too. I fiddled with the shading, and added dynamic light to try and "wake up" the texture engine. Well I have gloves that have a flame effect (can't recall what they're called) but then I noticed they created some flickering. Then I remembered the headset the guy gave me and VOILLA! Was a pretty kewl effect. I'm only running a 9800 so my video settings are largely medium at best, but I've never had the game crash. There are plenty of issue with multi-player tho. These will probably be remedied by a beefier system that tracks where players are on the map respective to each other.
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Non-Gaming / Off-Topic / Re: What are your unholy food combinations?
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on: November 09, 2007, 03:43:27 AM
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Eggs with Salsa? Yes.
Eggs with Ketchup? Get the hell away from my table before I throw up on your plate.
I enjoy eggs with bbq sauce, not much of a stretch really. Steak should be rare. I like chicken legs baked with butter and cinnamon umm what else
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Non-Gaming / Hardware / Software Hell / Re: Laptop recommendations?
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on: November 06, 2007, 02:30:37 PM
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If you are used to an upper-middle class PC, a laptop will never replace it for that budget. If you are a heavy-duty gamer that requires a lot of FPS and reaction time, you simply cannot get that out of a laptop for less than many-thousand $$.
If you play MMORPGs and stuff you might be able to squeak by, but you'll regret the lack of upgradability later on.
Keep the case clean and get some upgrades for your existing box.
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Gaming / Console / PC Gaming / Re: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground for Wii
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on: October 24, 2007, 01:49:34 PM
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I had a hell of a time with the controls, and the graphics were an issue even for Wii. Honestly, it was my first experience with the TH series, but it drove me mad. The PS2 version made me realize a bit more what the game can do with decent control set.
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Non-Gaming / Off-Topic / Re: hot AND smart
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on: October 09, 2007, 04:45:18 PM
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2. Elizabeth Shue Attended Wellesley College and Harvard University, but withdrew to pursue her acting career. Went back and finished fifteen years later, graduating from Harvard with a degree in government.
After she finally accepted that she can't act.
And that is the most horrifying photo of Jodie Foster I have ever seen. I am scarred for life. I've always hated her "acting" but I have new respect after seeing this info.
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