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by noel
June 11, 2008, 5:13 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

I think there are a lot of phones out there that are much better feature and quality wise. /sigh I think we've played this game before... Why do you think there are phones out there that are better feature and quality wise? There are no phones out there at all that have Apple's software capability,...
by noel
June 11, 2008, 4:39 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

I think there are a lot of phones out there that are much better feature and quality wise. /sigh I think we've played this game before... Why do you think there are phones out there that are better feature and quality wise? There are no phones out there at all that have Apple's software capability,...
by noel
June 11, 2008, 4:08 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

I'm sick and fucking tired of phone subsidies and network lock-in. Sell me a fucking phone and then sell me fucking service. Don't give me a $500 phone for $100 and then jack up the price of my service to cover the $400 (and never lower it after you've been repayed.) I have no problem paying $500 f...
by noel
June 11, 2008, 3:52 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

On Monday, Apple officially announced the iPhone 3G. The final phone design matched up closely with expectations as spelled out in our pre-WWDC rumor roundup. The 3G/GPS iPhone also matched up closely with one of the first leaked iPhone photos originally published by iPod Observer. We will publish ...
by noel
June 10, 2008, 12:47 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

Turns out microwave backhaul for cellular data is expensive. I expect to pay more. I don't really have a problem with that. It's not a cost issue within reason. The phone literally does everything that's available (from a hardware perspective) at the moment to some degree. In some cases, it's the be...
by noel
June 10, 2008, 12:25 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

For anyone with an hour to kill who's interested, here's the WWDC '08 Keynote. It's pretty interesting if you consider yourself any level of technologist.

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0 ... index.html
by noel
June 9, 2008, 11:30 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

Fuck the iPhone. I want an N82... The iPhone doesn't have shakelock which in my opinion is a necessity. I have the Blackberry 7250 for Nextel. I need the walkie talkie feature for work. It's HUGE. The iPhone has an accelerometer in it, so shakelock would be a relatively simple software change. It w...
by noel
June 9, 2008, 7:26 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

Apples' (AT&T) 3G won't be faster than Sprint EV-DO Rev A 3G network. The phone might be better but not the network and 3G coverage. As I'm sure you're aware, the network's quality is largely due to your location, and where you regularly travel. Fortunately for me, being in Southern California,...
by noel
June 9, 2008, 6:40 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: New phone time
Replies: 170
Views: 35226

Re: New phone time

Or I could just get a new 3G iPhone. Yes, that's what I think I'll do.
by noel
June 9, 2008, 11:22 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AoC - June 9th Patch Notes
Replies: 9
Views: 1355

Re: AoC - June 9th Patch Notes

Spang wrote:* Any message board community that dedicates a forum to Age of Conan will receive $10,000.
LOL. :)
by noel
June 9, 2008, 10:38 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Early hulk Reviews Positive
Replies: 40
Views: 6463

Re: Early hulk Reviews Positive

That was totally awesome.
[Show]
I believe it was actually in Cap Vol. 5 though when Stark is trying to get Barton to take the shield.
Even then, people just don't understand how Vibranium works.
by noel
June 9, 2008, 9:23 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Early hulk Reviews Positive
Replies: 40
Views: 6463

Re: Early hulk Reviews Positive

I'm trying to suppress the giant nerd in me, but I can give a detailed explanation for why Captain America would beat Iron Man's ass if needed.
by noel
June 9, 2008, 2:32 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Quests in EQ compared to modern day MMOs (Like AoC)
Replies: 31
Views: 5905

Re: Quests in EQ compared to modern day MMOs (Like AoC)

It was a gaming phase. You can't repeat the past. Actually, with online games, there will never be another EverQuest. People expect this, they expect that, they're fucking babies that need their virtual diapers changed for them. Everquest was better for it's time than what we see presently. To make...
by noel
June 9, 2008, 1:13 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Early hulk Reviews Positive
Replies: 40
Views: 6463

Re: Early hulk Reviews Positive

Kaldaur wrote:I hope they make a movie of the war between superheroes. I want to see Ironman laying the smackdown on Captain America.
/boggle

Captain America would beat his ass.
by noel
June 8, 2008, 9:42 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Early hulk Reviews Positive
Replies: 40
Views: 6463

Re: Early hulk Reviews Positive

Hulk/Ironman Eastereggs related to another Marvel Hero: Rumor has it that Captain America is making an appearance in the new Hulk movie: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080607-CapHulkfilm.html Also, Captain America's shield is seen in Iron Man's lab: http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2008/05/captain-ame...
by noel
June 8, 2008, 8:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)
Replies: 108
Views: 17242

Re: You laugh, you lose!

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by noel
June 8, 2008, 3:31 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Another inhuman act
Replies: 10
Views: 1308

Re: Another inhuman act

Markulas wrote:This story reminds me of Less than Zero or something.

Noel what is that pic from?
Brad Pitt getting a call from his wife to let him know she's getting her tubes tied.

J/K!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_fea ... erreading/
by noel
June 8, 2008, 2:17 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Another inhuman act
Replies: 10
Views: 1308

Re: Another inhuman act

I understand wanting him to be tortured before death by authorities or tortured in prison, but frankly i think it's just a waste of everyone's time. I am of the belief that whatever the fastest process is to completely remove him from the human equation is the best process and should be adopted imme...
by noel
June 7, 2008, 12:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)
Replies: 108
Views: 17242

Re: You laugh, you lose!

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by noel
June 7, 2008, 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)
Replies: 108
Views: 17242

Re: You laugh, you lose!

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by noel
June 7, 2008, 1:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)
Replies: 108
Views: 17242

Re: You laugh, you lose!

That one I've seen too many times to laugh at. Mid you have to contribute, mon ami!

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by noel
June 7, 2008, 12:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)
Replies: 108
Views: 17242

Re: You laugh, you lose!

Excellent work, Spang! I am a loser!

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by noel
June 6, 2008, 8:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)
Replies: 108
Views: 17242

You laugh, you lose! (now NWS)

Thread concept: Post a picture in an effort to make other people laugh. You win, by observing someone's posted picture and not laughing or by posting your own perceived funny picture and making someone else laugh. I hope this goes better than the first two pages of the youtube thread. :P I will begi...
by noel
June 6, 2008, 8:24 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Another inhuman act
Replies: 10
Views: 1308

Re: Another inhuman act

Horrifying. I don't understand life in prison.
by noel
June 6, 2008, 6:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I got my first Comcast DL warning
Replies: 104
Views: 44462

Re: I got my first Comcast DL warning

Download a couple Linux DVD distros, the 13GB AoC prelaunch torrent (13GB), etc and you're going to be pushing your cap limits pretty quick. Large game downloads will only increase in size as well as IPTV which will deliver content streaming via the internet. The cable companies are gearing up for ...
by noel
June 6, 2008, 2:09 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NBA Discussion Thread*
Replies: 625
Views: 99119

Re: NBA Discussion Thread*

Winnow wrote:Lakers in five.

I didn't realize Paul Pierce was such a drama queen. Who's going to fake an injury next game for some attention whoring minutes?
Didn't you just love the play of they Rocky Theme as he came out of the locker-room?
by noel
June 6, 2008, 10:07 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: NBA Discussion Thread*
Replies: 625
Views: 99119

Re: NBA Discussion Thread*

I think the Lakers shots weren't falling for the bulk of the 4th quarter.

Much of this had to do with the Celtics defense, but not all of it.
by noel
June 6, 2008, 12:34 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: NBA Discussion Thread*
Replies: 625
Views: 99119

Re: NBA Discussion Thread*

Memo to the Spurs and Pistons:

This is how you have a competitive defensive minded NBA finals without putting everyone watching to sleep.
by noel
June 6, 2008, 12:20 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: NBA Discussion Thread*
Replies: 625
Views: 99119

Re: NBA Discussion Thread*

Yay for Pierce being back out there.

The Celts are playing some nice D.
by noel
June 5, 2008, 11:53 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: NBA Discussion Thread*
Replies: 625
Views: 99119

Re: NBA Discussion Thread*

I'm sitting here fucking praying that Paul Pierce isn't injured. I'll be fucking livid. All the idiot Boston fans will just point at that and say that's why the Lakers beat the Celtics and it will be total fucking bullshit. The game to this point has been really, really good, and this would be a fan...
by noel
June 5, 2008, 1:41 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - General (non-tech) tips
Replies: 7
Views: 1280

Re: AOC - General (non-tech) tips

For my own clarification... the only thing different is the (much better) hotbar layout and the much better status bars for you and your target?

IMHO, the most glaring UI fuckups are the minimap, and the inability to have more than one set of quest objectives being actively tracked.
by noel
June 5, 2008, 12:36 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - General (non-tech) tips
Replies: 7
Views: 1280

Re: AOC - General (non-tech) tips

UI Mods (note: I cannot vouch for the quality or functionality of any of them): MirageUI Screenshot: http://ledmirage.net/files/aoc/AoC_MirageUI_v1.2_SS01.jpg Download: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=19979 WerikUI Screenshot: http://media.curse.com/adjust_images/resize/750x500/129/210...
by noel
June 5, 2008, 12:15 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - General (non-tech) tips
Replies: 7
Views: 1280

Re: AOC - General (non-tech) tips

I know I've read about a couple, but I haven't done any research on them yet. My thinking is that with the game so new, and Funcom seemingly committed to patching their shit as quickly as possible (they're doing a fantastic job imho), I don't wanna go with a custom UI just yet. If I see any more lin...
by noel
June 4, 2008, 10:21 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - General (non-tech) tips
Replies: 7
Views: 1280

AOC - General (non-tech) tips

In no real order... feel free to add to this GUI Tips: * The secondary set of hot bars can be dragged from the bottom (each one, little gray area) and extended to show more slots. * After turning on the extra hot bars, right-click at the top of them to make them horizontal, or vertical again. * Doub...
by noel
June 4, 2008, 8:35 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - Dark Templar
Replies: 8
Views: 1614

Re: AOC - Dark Templar

Been real impressed with mine so far. The leeching ability allows me to survive shit that would have killed my conqueror. Really nice. Thanks for the overview. I'll try to do something similar for Barb.
by noel
June 4, 2008, 8:15 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - Guardian
Replies: 14
Views: 2635

Re: AOC - Guardian

Glad you're joking.

I have no desire to moderate at all, but it's not fair for 1 person to ruin the conversations of others.
by noel
June 4, 2008, 8:06 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: AOC - Guardian
Replies: 14
Views: 2635

Re: AOC - Guardian

Funk, I'll prune out your posts into a big Funkmasterr whines thread if they become a problem. Bubba, I have a conq, a barb and now a dark templar, but no guardian as yet. That said, I'll be interested to read about this class if you have any good info. I think for all of my classes, I'm kind of sel...
by noel
June 4, 2008, 4:53 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

Dregor Thule wrote:I definitely think there's no harm in waiting a few weeks to see if AoC ends up being a 2-week wonder for VVdians like almost every other MMO (City of Heroes, Vanguard, LotRO, I'm looking at you!). If interest persists THEN go to the trouble of making another sub-forum.
Exactly.
by noel
June 4, 2008, 4:20 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

There's like 5 people who are regularly playing and posting in this thread. That's hardly demonstrates are requirement for yet another forum. As I said before... Create as many AOC threads are you want. If there's truly a need for a subforum, they'll all get moved into any new AoC subforum that gets...
by noel
June 4, 2008, 9:58 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: NBA Discussion Thread*
Replies: 625
Views: 99119

Re: NBA Discussion Thread*

Lakers in 6.

Split the first two.

Win two more.

Win first game back in Boston.

Thx big3!
by noel
May 30, 2008, 2:25 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

It'll be pretty rare that I'll be on at night. I play most of the time during the day actually.
by noel
May 30, 2008, 2:00 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

Winnow, I found that hilarious.

What's the command to add friends?
by noel
May 30, 2008, 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great day.
Replies: 158
Views: 28087

Re: Great day.

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:More Pils please.
Science is working on this.
by noel
May 29, 2008, 11:51 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

Spang wrote:Bullshit, we had a Vanguard sub-forum before the NDA was lifted!
What exactly did I have to do with that abomination?

I'm embarrassed to be posting on a message board that once had a VG forum. :P
by noel
May 29, 2008, 4:03 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

Time for a sub-forum! There's nothing I can do to affect a sub-forum, and frankly I'm not sure it's merited yet. No offense to you or anyone, but this is another in a series of MMOGs that's been released and we're only ~2 weeks into the release. I'm personally playing it and enjoying it, but again,...
by noel
May 28, 2008, 12:56 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

Bah! Doing jury duty in a courthouse and the wifi connection is from the public library next door. It would appear that there's a bit of latency... :roll:

Sorry!
by noel
May 28, 2008, 12:30 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

I'd think your GPU is your issue. I don't have actual FPS numbers for you, but I'm getting good performance with my 8800GT.

They're [relatively] inexpensive now too. Watch bensbargains.net or newegg for specials.
by noel
May 28, 2008, 12:30 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

I'd think your GPU is your issue. I don't have actual FPS numbers for you, but I'm getting good performance with my 8800GT.

They're [relatively] inexpensive now too. Watch bensbargains.net or newegg for specials.
by noel
May 28, 2008, 12:30 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Age of Conan
Replies: 463
Views: 114858

Re: Age of Conan

I'd think your GPU is your issue. I don't have actual FPS numbers for you, but I'm getting good performance with my 8800GT.

They're [relatively] inexpensive now too. Watch bensbargains.net or newegg for specials.
by noel
May 26, 2008, 6:25 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Wii Fit
Replies: 19
Views: 2908

Re: Wii Fit

As soon as I can find one, I'm going to get it. I've actually been doing a lot of yoga/weight training and calisthenics lately, so I'm interested to see how it is. The only negative I've heard about the game is that there's no way to define like... a program, or list of activities that would constit...