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- March 25, 2014, 8:58 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Giganews Usage
- Replies: 108
- Views: 51087
Re: Giganews Usage
So I've basically given up on newsgroups, as the main thing I used them for was for checking out movies and DMCA has made everything disappear. Though it looks as if people just started "encrypting" the names of posts. Anyone know how to find things now? Feel free to pm me if it's super se...
- December 3, 2013, 11:35 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: College Football 2013
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6721
Re: College Football 2013
Good luck in the B10 Champ Game/BCS bowl you play in, after ceding the second-most yards in Ohio State history to a team that couldn't move the ball against Nebraska or Iowa. You guys were one play better than Akron and Uconn. Feel good about that!
- November 18, 2013, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13766
Re: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC)
Wait, what? Procedurals are like all that are on TV, outside of reality television. How many collective seasons of the various flavors of CSI, Law & Order, NCIS have there been, 100?Fairweather Pure wrote:[procedural shows like this] always get cancelled.
- November 13, 2013, 11:21 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Collectables
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13147
Re: Collectables
And then, after you looked into the camera to say that (or anything, really), they'd need to play the sad trombone.
Re: Prius C
You held on to your other vehicle, right?
- October 2, 2013, 12:13 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Warcraft: The Movie
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3144
Re: Warcraft: The Movie
I hate Spang as much as the rest of you (probably more), but this film totally has a lot of potential. Warcraft has a pretty rich mythology, and millions of people who play or have played. Just because something isn't brand new, doesn't mean anything as far as movies go. Just look at the other films...
- September 24, 2013, 11:46 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Dexter Season 8
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2085
Re: Dexter Season 8
It was miserable. This whole season was turrible. Season 4 was the best, with 1 and 2 right up there. This and season 3 were the two worst. So disappointing.
- September 24, 2013, 11:45 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Breaking Bad
- Replies: 74
- Views: 23560
Re: Breaking Bad
If you haven't seen Breaking Bad, there's a marathon of the whole series starting Wednesday at 8pm on AMC. Stay up for a couple days and get caught up!
- September 18, 2013, 11:01 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Shots Fired at DC Naval Yard
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3548
Re: Shots Fired at DC Naval Yard
People should be comforted by the military presence they have there that is required to be unarmed. Try to at least get a single relevant fact right when you're proselytizing: The suspected gunman appeared to have seized firearms from two of his victims as he moved through the building along the An...
- September 16, 2013, 10:58 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Breaking Bad
- Replies: 74
- Views: 23560
Re: Breaking Bad
BB is officially the best show of all time, FYI. Sorry, The Wire! (You're still #2 in my book though)
- August 16, 2013, 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I got married!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10189
Re: I got married!
I wish I'd known ahead of time so I could have stopped you!
j/k, good work!
j/k, good work!
- July 23, 2013, 2:51 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
- Replies: 340
- Views: 86705
Re: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
I can't believe people can even compare the Zimmerman case to a made up scenario in their heads involving a totally ambiguous/pretend situation with different people and different circumstances. If my neighborhood were to have a bunch of break ins, I would be on the Watch from day one. I would prof...
- July 23, 2013, 12:46 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
- Replies: 340
- Views: 86705
Re: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
Now, I haven't seen or heard the audio/video recordings of why exactly Martin "attacked" Zimmerman, but I sometimes like to put myself in other people's shoes...
- July 23, 2013, 11:50 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: San Diego Comic-Con 2013
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3287
Re: San Diego Comic-Con 2013
I'm willing to bet that guy has done at least 4 of the things on that list.
- July 17, 2013, 11:59 am
- Forum: Video Game General Discussion
- Topic: Steam Summer Sale 2013
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4998
Re: Steam Summer Sale 2013
I picked up Orcs Must Die 2 for like $3.75 yesterday. I thought the first one was pretty fun. Also got Hotline Miami and Fez since all three cost me like $15. I like Steam sales. Funny how this thread is civil, helpful, and troll-free. Probably doesn't have anything to do with these being games you ...
- June 3, 2013, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 3
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9620
Re: Game of Thrones - Season 3
She wasn't pregnant in the book though. It was a deviation for sure, but considering that Jeyne doesn't really play a part in the books, it was a nice (shocking) way to surprise the book readers. By shocking, I mean disturbingly brutal. Jesus. I thought, and I spoke to another friend about this, th...
- June 3, 2013, 10:15 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 3
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9620
Re: Game of Thrones - Season 3
I thought the same thing, Lynks. IIRC, the books were originally supposed to cover a much longer time period, perhaps even covering multiple generations, but he scrapped that while writing Feast. If that's the case, perhaps the heir theory was in the original plan, but he told them to go ahead and k...
- April 22, 2013, 3:22 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: CISPA is back
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1910
Re: CISPA is back
He's a Republican from the District just north of the one I live in, which includes a bunch of rednecks, racists, and Michigan State fans/alums (I guess this sentence is getting a bit redundant). Don't blame me, I can't even vote against him!
- April 16, 2013, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 3
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9620
Re: Game of Thrones - Season 3
For those of you who didn't read the books, did they sufficiently convey what a badass Jaime Lannister is supposed to be? In the show it seems like there's a lot of "do you know who my daddy is?" stuff, whereas in the books, they made it quite clear that he was damn near the finest all-aro...
- March 27, 2013, 1:37 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: The Official NextBox Thread!
- Replies: 1335
- Views: 256608
Re: The Official NextBox Thread!
I guess I don't really understand the backlash against always having to be connected to the internet. I'm always connected to the internet anyway. And I sort of like the idea of not having to wait for updates. I use my consoles so infrequently now that every time I do turn my xbox on, I have to wait...
- February 7, 2013, 7:09 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012
- Replies: 115
- Views: 44787
Re: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012
There's no way Ray Lewis came back from that injury in ~2 months at his age without using something. Take a look at other, younger people with the same injury, and it's usually double or triple that amount of time.
- January 25, 2013, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
- Replies: 703
- Views: 166099
Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
I wanna know who was buying a $700 share on the way down when they don't pay dividends... You were wrong. Everyone wants free money. AAPL went from like 50/share to 700/share in a few years. That's not enough for you? What kind of return were you getting during that time elsewhere? I believe he was...
- January 22, 2013, 11:48 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: So, Lance Armstrong
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7522
Re: So, Lance Armstrong
No lawyer in the world would have advised him to admit to doping. From everything I had heard, this admission was timed nicely to fall outside of the statute of limitations, and there's no chance that he can face criminal charges for perjury or anything like that. That said, he's wide open for civi...
- January 17, 2013, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: College Football 2012
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8547
Re: College Football 2012
The Te'o story gets crazier and crazier. He had to be complicit in this, right? The sheer volume of the lies (being on the phone for 8 hours overnight with your leukemia-stricken girlfriend, for one) make it hard to believe that he was duped in some Catfish scenario. Why do it? All for the publicity...
- January 10, 2013, 4:42 pm
- Forum: Culinary Delights
- Topic: Juicin'
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3478
Re: Juicin'
I don't know if I could drink 72 ounces. I'd probably have to stop like halfway through and take a 5 minute break at least.
- January 9, 2013, 6:14 pm
- Forum: Culinary Delights
- Topic: Weight Watchers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9291
Re: Weight Watchers
I did pretty well for a year, year-and-a-half, and then my wife got pregnant and I went back to school. Full time job + 9 credits of school + pregnant wife cravings = Sylvus' loss of focus on fitness and making too many excuses. But school is done (4.0 semester, graduated, yay!) and the baby is here...
- January 9, 2013, 4:24 pm
- Forum: Culinary Delights
- Topic: Weight Watchers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9291
Re: Weight Watchers
The following is not at all Weight Watchers related, but I did lose 80 lbs in about 4 months a while back, and I'll give you some of my tips: Track everything . It sounds like you are, but I found http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ to be really easy and they have mobile apps and all that. Once you've done...
- January 9, 2013, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Site/Board Development
- Topic: No new member registration
- Replies: 2
- Views: 26366
Re: No new member registration
I shut them off a while back when I noticed that the site performance was in the shitter and that the last several thousand had all been spammers. It's probably been shut off for like a year or more. I can turn it back on if a human being was trying to register.
- January 8, 2013, 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making a Stop in Toronto
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3751
Re: Making a Stop in Toronto
My wife and I really enjoyed the Toronto Zoo, it's pretty big and pretty nice. The CN Tower is pretty cool, though the lines can be far too long. If your family are hockey fans, the Hall of Fame is right downtown. Also, there was what looked like a pretty cool jet boat tour down the river near the f...
- January 8, 2013, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: CT Shooting: 26 dead - 20 kindergarten kids 6 adults
- Replies: 248
- Views: 44073
Re: CT Shooting: 26 dead - 20 kindergarten kids 6 adults
Hey, that sounds familiar!Kilmoll the Sexy wrote:You are too retarded to live in the US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... tyKofFih8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... f-i3Y5iRYo
- November 28, 2012, 1:34 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Routing Issue. Help!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1635
Re: Routing Issue. Help!
Thx info, I was seeing red after my call with comcast and didn't think to obfuscate the first few hops.
I'd originally opened tickets with Dreamhost when I first noticed this, and the guy was so helpful and (seemingly) knowledgeable that I assumed his blame of Comcast was correct. I'll re-open.
I'd originally opened tickets with Dreamhost when I first noticed this, and the guy was so helpful and (seemingly) knowledgeable that I assumed his blame of Comcast was correct. I'll re-open.
- November 27, 2012, 9:29 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Routing Issue. Help!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1635
Re: Routing Issue. Help!
Tracing route to force.dreamhost.com [69.163.182.25] over a maximum of 30 hops: 5 18 ms 14 ms 11 ms te-0-8-0-6-ar01.pontiac.mi.michigan.comcast.net [68.87.191.150] 6 30 ms 35 ms 23 ms he-4-3-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.90.109] 7 18 ms 19 ms 19 ms pos-1-6-0-0-pe01.350ecermak.il.i...
- November 27, 2012, 9:09 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Routing Issue. Help!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1635
Routing Issue. Help!
Pretty sure that one of you works in networking, and I'm at my wits' end, so I figure it can't hurt to try here. Having a problem connecting to my Dreamhost server via my Comcast network. It's not a DNS issue, it resolves ok; I think it has to be routing, as a traceroute always times out after like ...
- November 12, 2012, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: The Walking Dead
- Replies: 269
- Views: 83981
Re: The Walking Dead
What? You're crazy. That episode did a lot to illustrate what a nutjob the Governor is, show that Woodbury isn't the idyllic little hamlet you might have thought, expand on Michonne a little more, prove that Daryl is really just a big softie, etc. Plus there were a bunch of nicely gory zombie deaths...
- October 31, 2012, 10:16 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11103
Re: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
And all of those prequels came with Lucas as the writer/director. With him only on board as a "creative consultant", we can get back to the glory of Empire, perhaps.
I'm happy for this news.
I'm happy for this news.
- October 30, 2012, 5:53 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
- Replies: 703
- Views: 166099
Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
The iBrain is where it's at. The audio gets a bit NSFW. It's worth the 10 minutes, in my opinion...
- October 19, 2012, 11:04 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Presidential Debates
- Replies: 125
- Views: 19953
Re: Presidential Debates
So you do not actually have a reason why Hillary Clinton should have been fired for the fiasco in Libya? It's fine if it's just a combination of your misogyny and fear of capital gains taxes being increased if Romney doesn't win, I was just curious if there was a good reason.
- October 19, 2012, 10:08 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Sons of Anarchy
- Replies: 81
- Views: 17612
Re: Sons of Anarchy
Put that way, the SoA suicide made exactly as much sense as the (admittedly very few) suicides I've been around in my life. Now it may have been a little contrived... It was probably to keep the conflict between Gemma/Nero/Clay going, as well as give a way for some sort of reconciliation between Gem...
- October 18, 2012, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Presidential Debates
- Replies: 125
- Views: 19953
Re: Presidential Debates
I haven't followed the fiasco too closely, could you describe what exactly she did or didn't do that warrants firing?Winnow wrote:If you want to talk politics, how about telling me why she hasn't been fired for the fiasco in Libya? She's should be held directly accountable for that.
- October 4, 2012, 5:03 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Presidential Debates
- Replies: 125
- Views: 19953
Re: Presidential Debates
I agree that Romney "won", by the standard that we judge a debate, but I think that just reflects on how fucked up our debates are. How did he win? Because he looked prepared and remembered his lines from the script he was supposed to follow? He didn't really provide any details about any ...
- October 1, 2012, 10:16 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Looper
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1584
Re: Looper
I thought it was great; best Sci Fi movie I've seen in years. The time travel element and the problems that often come with that are definitely handled well, the script is pretty self-aware of those types of problems. Good mixture of violence, humor and boobs. A++++++ would watch again. Go see this ...
- September 26, 2012, 4:32 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Sons of Anarchy
- Replies: 81
- Views: 17612
- September 26, 2012, 10:49 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Sons of Anarchy
- Replies: 81
- Views: 17612
Re: Sons of Anarchy
My f'ing DVR cut out toward the end, can anyone tell me what happened after the big OMG moment... more detail below
- September 16, 2012, 4:24 pm
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: PC Won't Boot
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1019
PC Won't Boot
So I'm having one that I can't seem to nail down. I powered down my system when I went away for Labor Day, and when I came back, nothing happened when I tried powering back up. Cracked it open and found that if I held the power button on the front of my case in for a while, I'd get the lights on the...
- September 14, 2012, 10:33 am
- Forum: Computers/Technology
- Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
- Replies: 703
- Views: 166099
Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
If you want good data, check out Horace Dediu's site, Asymco. This chart is of particular relevance to the current discussion... move the slider along the bottom to go from 2007 to the most current data available.
http://www.asymco.com/hire-me/platforms-data/
http://www.asymco.com/hire-me/platforms-data/
- August 29, 2012, 12:27 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
- Replies: 340
- Views: 86705
Re: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
Should you be required to have a mental health screening prior to exercising your 1st Amendment rights? The 2nd Amendment does include the phrase "well-regulated". While I'm sure those semantics have been parsed over and over throughout the years and we might disagree as to their meaning,...
- August 29, 2012, 10:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CloudFlare
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3066
Re: CloudFlare
Did Hitler just invoke Godwin's law?
- August 29, 2012, 10:38 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
- Replies: 340
- Views: 86705
Re: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
Now lets take an average civilian that trains moderately. And herein lies the disconnect between your love of guns and my distaste for them. If the "average" civilian gun owner trained as "moderately" as you suggest, I would concede that the possibility existed that guns could m...
- August 28, 2012, 6:53 pm
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Breaking Bad
- Replies: 74
- Views: 23560
Re: Breaking Bad
Umm, did anyone else watch last night's episode? Holy. Fucking. Shit. Shut the fuck up Walter, and let me die in peace. Yeah, I did. I don't think I've ever said "Oh shit!" so many times in one 44-minute period. As soon as Walt opened up the bag in the trunk of the car and saw the pistol,...
- August 27, 2012, 10:37 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
- Replies: 340
- Views: 86705
Re: Another white guy shot up a bunch of people.
The NYC one wasn't a mass shooting; the guy fired 6 bullets, and 5 of them hit his intended victim in the head. All those other injuries came from the cops' bullets. You know, people with lots of training in the use of firearms. The model, really, for why all citizens should carry guns, thereby prev...