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by miir
October 28, 2012, 10:06 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Cloud Atlas (no need to click, It sucks ass)
Replies: 18
Views: 3396

Re: Cloud Atlas (no need to click, It sucks ass)

At least you didn't go see Silent Hill. :)
by miir
October 28, 2012, 10:05 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

The only thing being owned is your wallet by Apple.

(I feel childish just using that word)
by miir
October 28, 2012, 10:01 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Windows 8 Upgrade
Replies: 173
Views: 33358

Re: Windows 8 Upgrade

Two things.

You can run games in a window in Windows 8

Everquest being locked to fullscreen had nothing to do with windows and everything to do with Verant not wanting players to be able to interact with 3rd party 'tools' running in the background.
by miir
October 25, 2012, 10:15 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

I went fishing and caught TWO!

Apple ifanboys are so predictable. :)
by miir
October 25, 2012, 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let there be new posts
Replies: 14
Views: 3919

Re: Let there be new posts

Spang wrote:
Zaelath wrote:
Spang wrote:Quit being dicks to animals.
Just as soon as you quit giving dick to animals.
I never started.
So you're still a virgin?
Can't say I'm surprised.
by miir
October 25, 2012, 4:16 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

iPad now has 52% marketshare (down from 95% 18 months ago). Not exactly 'complete domination' iPhone is down to 18% marketshare. Apple has been too busy trying to pressure other companies with obscure patent violation litigation... all the while falling behind on innovation and failing to deliver pr...
by miir
October 25, 2012, 2:46 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Boogahz wrote:
miir wrote:What kind of idiot is gonna pay $330 for an ipad mini.
you misunderstood, it is an ipod maximus touch!
Yep, same processor, same cameras, etc.
Still can't figure out why they are still using an obsolete aspect ratio and screen resolution from the 90s.
by miir
October 25, 2012, 2:04 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Apple's product life-cycles make sense for the most part.. One year later release a new device at the same price and drop the price on the old device. This ipad 'upgrade' makes no sense. My brother in law bought one a few weeks ago and feels ripped off that the new one (according to Apple marketing)...
by miir
October 25, 2012, 1:44 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

They actually discontinued 'The New iPad'
The one they released like 6-7 months ago.
by miir
October 25, 2012, 1:15 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

All those chumps who dropped $500+ on 'The New iPad" 6 months ago must be feeing pretty fucking ripped off right about now.
by miir
October 23, 2012, 5:02 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

What kind of idiot is gonna pay $330 for an ipad mini.
by miir
October 23, 2012, 4:38 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Apple marketing is becoming a parody of itself.
It's not just a shrunken-down iPad, it's an entirely new design,
Well, except for the fact that it looks exactly the same, has the same screen resolution, does exact the same things and is used the exact same way.
by miir
October 23, 2012, 12:58 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 83421

Re: The Walking Dead

Holy mother of God Season 3, episode 2 was amazing. This episode had something awesome every commercial break. It was fantastic. The Ricktatorship is absolutely brutal. Season 3 Rick would slap the shit out of Season 1 Rick. Season 3 is knocking it out of the park so far and there's still a ton of ...
by miir
October 23, 2012, 12:51 am
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?
Replies: 116
Views: 38392

Re: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?

Fairweather Pure wrote:5.1 is already on the PTR and is a major content patch.
You're pretty gullible.
by miir
October 19, 2012, 6:20 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama declares martial law!11one!!
Replies: 37
Views: 8094

Re: Obama declares martial law!11one!!

They can't legislate people being good parents so they have to make up shitty laws that do absolutely nothing to curb violence Social programs in high risk areas can be quite effective... at least that is the case in Canada. Our densest urban centers have a crime rate markedly lower than even mediu...
by miir
October 19, 2012, 3:38 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Guild Wars 2
Replies: 134
Views: 41724

Re: Guild Wars 2

Would be nice if you could have characters on multiple servers.
by miir
October 19, 2012, 3:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama declares martial law!11one!!
Replies: 37
Views: 8094

Re: Obama declares martial law!11one!!

Allow me to BOLD the part that you seem to have completely ignored: The president said issues of poverty and school violence, and more engagement from parents, could do more good than simply putting additional laws on the books. The Republicans will cock-block any proposed gun control legislation an...
by miir
October 19, 2012, 11:32 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19784

Re: Presidential Debates

So in other words, you're just trolling....
by miir
October 19, 2012, 11:24 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama declares martial law!11one!!
Replies: 37
Views: 8094

Re: Obama declares martial law!11one!!

So Kilmoll, has Obama taken away your guns yet?


So I guess the NRA was really just trying to frighten gun owners into buying more guns?
Ruger and Smith & Wesson have had record sales since Obama took office.
Ruger has seen a 86% increase in sales.
by miir
October 17, 2012, 9:47 am
Forum: Site/Board Development
Topic: Cant create new threads/topics
Replies: 13
Views: 22148

Re: Cant create new posts

bump
by miir
October 16, 2012, 2:44 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012
Replies: 115
Views: 44568

Re: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012

Aslanna wrote:Is there a worse team than the Chargers? I don't think so! I enjoyed the first half immensely. The second half... Not so much.
You mean there was a 'second' half?
I stopped watching when the Chargers won 24-0
by miir
October 16, 2012, 12:41 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012
Replies: 115
Views: 44568

Re: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012

As a Chargers fan, I thought that game was glorious!
by miir
October 16, 2012, 11:48 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Onlive Gaming App for iPad
Replies: 14
Views: 2968

Re: Onlive Gaming App for iPad

The problem was not enough users
No, the problem is high infrastructure requirements per user.
by miir
October 12, 2012, 10:15 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Onlive Gaming App for iPad
Replies: 14
Views: 2968

Re: Onlive Gaming App for iPad

And in other news, onlive.com is done. Sold for 4.8 Million. Hopefully the tech or patents, if there are any to be had, eventually end up with Microsoft. MS gaming division seems to be too focused on junk like Kinect. Sony has already acquired a superior cloud gaming service and is partnering with ...
by miir
October 12, 2012, 12:24 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Add a cool song
Replies: 451
Views: 195398

Re: Add a cool song

One of my favorite producers...

Mat Zo: The Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMCcnA9ifqg


The video is breathtaking.
by miir
October 11, 2012, 4:13 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Onlive Gaming App for iPad
Replies: 14
Views: 2968

Re: Onlive Gaming App for iPad

And in other news, onlive.com is done.
by miir
October 11, 2012, 1:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19784

Re: Presidential Debates

Image
by miir
October 11, 2012, 9:39 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Winnow wrote:I've been more impressed with it that I thought I would be.
It's interesting to see iphone users expectations set so low.
Iphone used to be the best (by far).
Now they really only beat Blackberry in terms of features.
by miir
October 11, 2012, 12:48 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

You do what you gotta do to rationalize your iphone 5 purchase. Android and wp users really don't feel the need to do that because we actually get good value and features on our phones... we may not have the "most beautiful and most powerful mapping service" or the "thinnest and light...
by miir
October 11, 2012, 12:37 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

LTE in Toronto is quite good and since I live in the downtown core, the coverage is exceptional.

Also, WP7 doesn't require a multi core processor to be snappy and responsive.
by miir
October 11, 2012, 12:17 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

The new layout of the iTunes app is next on the list of changes I really don't like. Still pretty sure I'm jumping the iPhone ship. Can't say I'm a fan of iOS 6 either. Some of the interface tweaks aren't bad, but it's such a pig. It's no wonder they have to keep putting beefier and beefier process...
by miir
October 11, 2012, 12:11 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Winnow wrote:Post your speed test.*




*or shut the fuck up
I don't think I need to post screenshots to prove my phone 6 months ago was as fast as your new phone is today.

But if posting speedtest screenshots somehow helps you rationalize your purchase of the (somewhat dated) iphone 5... have at it. :)
by miir
October 10, 2012, 10:08 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Yawn.
Some of us have had LTE since April... it's really not that big of a deal.
Next year you'll probably be splooging over NFC or some other bit of tech that the iphone gets 6-12 months after everyone else.
by miir
October 8, 2012, 12:34 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012
Replies: 115
Views: 44568

Re: ***Spoiler Alert*** NFL 2012

Damn, the officiating in this NO/SD game is just horrible.
by miir
October 7, 2012, 12:12 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: 24" LCD Monitors (Discussion and Pictures)
Replies: 154
Views: 84630

Re: 24" LCD Monitors (Discussion and Pictures)

Picked up the exact same monitor a few months back for like $250
Very happy with it.

Only complaint is the monitor stand is ridiculously cheap plastic and not adjustable.
by miir
October 5, 2012, 12:25 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Guild Wars 2
Replies: 134
Views: 41724

Re: Guild Wars 2

Started up an elementalist this week and eventhough I have both tailoring and artifice up around 175, I have still managed to amass nearly 3 gold by level 35. Been doing a lot of component farming as well.
My Engineer has about 1 gold @ level 53. :shock:
by miir
October 4, 2012, 10:56 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Add a cool song
Replies: 451
Views: 195398

Re: Add a cool song

No Love Deep Web is pretty neat.
by miir
October 4, 2012, 4:57 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?
Replies: 116
Views: 38392

Re: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?

PARIS, France -- October 4, 2012 -- Following the September 25 global rollout of World of Warcraft®: Mists of Pandaria™, the new expansion to the world’s #1 subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that millions of players have ...
by miir
October 4, 2012, 2:48 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19784

Re: Presidential Debates

At least Obama wasn't trolled into saying something that could be repeated ad-nauseum by right wing pundits and in attack ads. The best they can do is attack his record over the past 4 years... which isn't going to whip any people into a frenzy (who aren't already there). I was just putting it in co...
by miir
October 4, 2012, 1:13 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19784

Re: Presidential Debates

Obviously wasn't trying to take credit (which is why I put it in quotes).
Figured you guys here would be savy enough to use the google if you really wanted to know who said it.
by miir
October 4, 2012, 10:06 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Presidential Debates
Replies: 125
Views: 19784

Re: Presidential Debates

Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive
by miir
September 30, 2012, 1:35 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate
Replies: 70
Views: 20353

Re: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate

Winnow, if your intent was to make yourself look like a fucking idiot in this thread.... Congratulations...
by miir
September 30, 2012, 11:35 am
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate
Replies: 70
Views: 20353

Re: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate

I was complaining about lazy producers using autotune years before you even knew what the fuck autotune was. And you're the only person who ever talks about 'emo' music here. And quite frankly, your taste in music is fucking horrible. You opinions on current music makes it obvious that you haven't l...
by miir
September 29, 2012, 11:21 pm
Forum: Audiophilia
Topic: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate
Replies: 70
Views: 20353

Re: Hip-Hop on Trial: A Debate

Are you fucking serious bringing up Snap in a thread about rap/hip hop?

That's even more comical than Fair trying to use 'trance' to describe Death Grips.
by miir
September 28, 2012, 9:52 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Lumia 920 screen is better than iphone5 screen. That would be a Windows 8 phone. As to the screen being better, can you provide a comparison to the iPhone 5 screen similar to this so I can see the differences? http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_2.htm It's larger and has a higher pixel d...
by miir
September 28, 2012, 9:21 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Lumia 920 screen is better than iphone5 screen.
by miir
September 28, 2012, 4:09 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?
Replies: 116
Views: 38392

Re: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?

So apparently, MOP first week retail sales around 600-700k, well below expectations. By comparison, Cataclysm sold 3.3 million in the first 24 hours. No doubt that it will be one of the better selling PC games this year... simply because it still has a large playerbase and there's not a whole lot of...
by miir
September 28, 2012, 3:50 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Apple - New Phone and Tablet
Replies: 703
Views: 165617

Re: Apple - New Phone and Tablet

Guy that sits beside me at work picked up an iphone5. Battery life seems pretty poor. Not even 3pm and he's down to less than 40% charge. My lumia 900 is sitting at 75% He had to buy an extra $20 cable so he could charge his phone at work. Battery life on his iphone 4 was much better. Anyone else no...
by miir
September 28, 2012, 11:47 am
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?
Replies: 116
Views: 38392

Re: What Does Mists of Pandaria offer?

There are 4 EBGames a short walk from my work and they have a shitton of copies of MOP sitting on the shelves... but I still can't find another copy of GW2. Asked the guy at the shop downstairs how well it's been selling. He said about 10 copies since tuesday. A huge drop from previous WOW expansion...