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by Xatrei
April 30, 2013, 12:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hair Loss
Replies: 11
Views: 5107

Re: Hair Loss

I feel like I'm wasting my good hair genes! At 44, I show no signs of having any hair loss issues any time soon - my hair is crazy thick, and my hairline hasn't budged since I was a baby. Even so, I keep an almost bald look anyway. When I say crazy thick, I mean it's annoyingly so and it's a constan...
by Xatrei
April 2, 2013, 2:02 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

I don't think there was actually any more dialog after that. There was a repackaged x264 (audio corrected) posted within an hour of the one with bad audio. It's probably been DMCAed by now, but it might still be out there. There wasn't really anything more to it the episode though. They just got all...
by Xatrei
January 6, 2013, 3:57 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: EVE Online?
Replies: 205
Views: 58794

Re: EVE Online?

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by Xatrei
December 20, 2012, 9:18 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Giganews Usage
Replies: 108
Views: 50833

Re: Giganews Usage

I assume his friends are talking about nzb indexes like Newzbin2 and NZBMatrix that have had to close up shop due to dmca demands.
by Xatrei
December 8, 2012, 1:16 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS3 thread!
Replies: 1556
Views: 318503

Re: The Official PS3 thread!

Funkmasterr wrote:Yeah, for Netflix in my opinion pc (media center)>360>pc browser>ps3>everything else.
We just got a new 52" Sharp Aquos to replace our older 42" TV. It's the first "smart TV" we've gotten, and the Netflix client for it is better than any other that I've used.
by Xatrei
December 3, 2012, 3:42 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

Winnow wrote:Oh...the black guy died again. Replacement black guy shows up the same episode! lol
Tyreese is a comic book favorite. At this stage, I'd given up on seeing him in the series.
by Xatrei
November 29, 2012, 3:14 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: I'm simply blown away...
Replies: 86
Views: 33295

Re: I'm simply blown away...

A newer mini series to watch is The Elegant Universe. It's based on Brian Greene's book. It's 3-1 hour episodes, and is about string theory, which I am very interested in. It's just a real surface level intro to it, but its a good series. His books ho into way more detail, and I'd definitely recomm...
by Xatrei
November 27, 2012, 12:27 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Cosmos
Replies: 1
Views: 747

Re: Cosmos

This is without question my favorite documentary series ever made (James Burke's original "Connections" runs a close second, though). I remember watching them with my dad as they aired in 1980, and still watch them today from time to time. Did you know that Sagan's widow Ann Druyan and Ste...
by Xatrei
November 23, 2012, 10:26 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

Ah, sounds like maybe a little off decision on the producers part then. Perhaps there wasn't enough to make the Governor's camp seem interesting without throwing Andrea in for dialog parts with the Governor. From someone that hasn't read the books, the whole governor thing seems like it could have ...
by Xatrei
November 23, 2012, 3:28 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

I agree Andrea is annoying. She's been annoying almost from the start. Michonne should have killed her. Unless they had some sort of lesbian thing going on in the comics that I don't know about, I don't know why she would have kept her around. In the comics, Andrea isn't separated from the group, s...
by Xatrei
November 20, 2012, 6:50 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

Yeah, I don't care about how much she wants to get laid, besides she's pretty sexual in the comics, too. I just can't stand her utter lack of judgement, and her apparent lack of loyalty. I'm sure the lure of some semblance of normalcy is a powerful draw in that scenario, but she just turns her back ...
by Xatrei
November 20, 2012, 5:11 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

I really like the comic book version of Andrea, but the TV version is totally unlikable. I dislike her as much as I did Lori.
by Xatrei
November 13, 2012, 12:44 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Skyfall
Replies: 3
Views: 925

Re: Skyfall

I thought it was a really good Bond film, and I'd also give it an 8, maybe even 9 out of 10. I'll be the contrarian and say that I liked the lack of gadgets. I know they've been a staple of the franchise for so long, and am a fan of Bond gadgetry as much as the next guy, but it was fun for me to see...
by Xatrei
November 9, 2012, 7:33 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

Comic comparison spoiler: I'm just waiting for the "real" Governor to show up. I know they've got to tone some of his comic book craziness down since this show is on AMC and not HBO, but this guy just isn't enough of a truly twisted, evil, demented son of a bitch (yet?). It's relatively ea...
by Xatrei
November 7, 2012, 9:43 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama WILL be the next president
Replies: 1919
Views: 193567

Re: Obama WILL be the next president

The best news to come out of Florida is that master of dumbfuckery Allen West appears to be out.
by Xatrei
October 31, 2012, 2:43 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
Replies: 33
Views: 11040

Re: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)

Not sure why people think Disney is going to 'Disney-fy' Star Wars. You don't pay $4b for something only to fuck with it. Disney didn't fuck with Pixar or Marvel. I bet most people didn't even notice that Avengers was a Disney movie. I don't think they'll mess with the formula much as, like you say...
by Xatrei
October 30, 2012, 8:38 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)
Replies: 33
Views: 11040

Re: Star Wars 7 announced (for reals!)

Canelek wrote:All they need now is Ron Howard to complete the inoffensive/risk-averse/non-visionary trifecta! :)
You forgot derivative. With Ron Howard aboard, we could look forward to a Disney-fied reboot of Willow.
by Xatrei
October 21, 2012, 3:05 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

A big part of the problem last year was apparently related to the last minute departure of Frank Darabont. The new show runner, Glen Mazzara, was left to pick up a bit of a mess - scenes that were shot were scrapped entirely, sets that had been built were not used, several story lines were abandoned...
by Xatrei
October 19, 2012, 2:18 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Sons of Anarchy
Replies: 81
Views: 17520

Re: Sons of Anarchy

The only problem I really had with the episode was the ending. Anyone that didn't see that coming from miles away hasn't been paying any attention. I don't know why they felt the need to beat the audience over the head with obvious clues (or dead give-aways) during the previous episodes because it m...
by Xatrei
September 19, 2012, 10:18 pm
Forum: Site/Board Development
Topic: Upvotes / Downvotes (like Reddit)
Replies: 11
Views: 21233

Re: Upvotes / Downvotes (like Reddit)

I would downvote the shit out of this topic if I could...
by Xatrei
May 17, 2012, 12:11 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Obama...the arrogant douchebag of the century
Replies: 21
Views: 3409

Re: Obama...the arrogant douchebag of the century

Kilmoll the Sexy wrote:Obama...the arrogant douchebag of the century
Don't worry, sparky, your title is safe. There's no way he could wrest it from you.
by Xatrei
May 14, 2012, 5:56 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Parks & Recreation
Replies: 10
Views: 2058

Re: Parks & Recreation

I'm glad P&R and Community got renewed. I like them both a lot, along with 30 Rock. It's a bummer that this will be 30 Rock's finale season, but I don't mind the shorter seasons at all. I've said elsewhere before that I wish the networks would fully adopt the 13 episode model preferred by the ca...
by Xatrei
March 26, 2012, 3:14 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

Shit. Sorry about that, I meant to include a link with that post. Fixed it now.
by Xatrei
March 26, 2012, 1:17 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

two things I need to nitpick with your nitpicking: 1) Is there some special force shield that would prevent Airborne members from entering a stationary tank to attempt to escape from zombies? 2) Glocks can have manual safeties on them. It is not a factory option, but there are several places you ca...
by Xatrei
March 23, 2012, 12:07 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

No problem. Also, on The Talking Dead aftershow, they announced that the actress who will be playing Michonne next season is Danai Gurira (imdb profile).
by Xatrei
March 22, 2012, 7:01 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

It's a character from the comics named Michonne. The current issue of Playboy (April 2012) has a mini-comic (6 or 8 pages, I forget) that has the comic book version of her back story in it. No idea how accurately the TV show will incorporate this character, but from the one scene with her, it's loo...
by Xatrei
March 6, 2012, 12:06 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh = King Asshole
Replies: 83
Views: 10319

Re: Rush Limbaugh = King Asshole

Yes, I'm aware of that, but in this case there's not a lot of space between what was charged and what was paid by our insurance company. I'd be more specific, but I don't have the docs in front of me. Lets say they only paid half of the total amounts billed (they actually paid much more than that, b...
by Xatrei
March 6, 2012, 11:55 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Rush Limbaugh = King Asshole
Replies: 83
Views: 10319

Re: Rush Limbaugh = King Asshole

Stewart and Colbert had pretty funny takes last night on the giant bag of shit we call Rush Limbaugh. As others have said, I would think that insurance companies would be tripping over themselves to provide contraceptive coverage without any prodding from the government. My wife and I have had two d...
by Xatrei
February 8, 2012, 11:15 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Archer on FX
Replies: 10
Views: 2355

Re: Archer on FX

I thought the second half of season 2 had some of the better episodes of the season. I especially liked the cancer arc and the Barry storyline late in the season. The 3 episode mini-series this past fall was also very good. The good thing about Archer is that at 20 minutes a pop, it's easy to catch ...
by Xatrei
January 26, 2012, 4:57 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: DVR to PC ?
Replies: 4
Views: 1764

Re: DVR to PC ?

You might have a hard time finding it as a torrent since I doubt many will still be sharing it, but it's available on usenet if you have a provider with long enough retention.
by Xatrei
January 23, 2012, 8:06 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: DVR to PC ?
Replies: 4
Views: 1764

Re: DVR to PC ?

If you're so inclined, you might find that it's easier to download a copy of the 7 March 2011 game.
by Xatrei
January 18, 2012, 10:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Post something good from youtube!
Replies: 454
Views: 148279

Re: Post something good from youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWfph3iNC-k holy fucking shit. just turn the music off....its terrible. something is fishy about some scenes...like the one with the ballons. Does it look fake to anyone else? Same guy almost made his last jump on Monday. Luckily for him, it's only two broken legs. ht...
by Xatrei
January 6, 2012, 1:38 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Blade Runner (The Final Cut)
Replies: 3
Views: 1017

Re: Blade Runner (The Final Cut)

I've got the Final Cut that came bundled in the "Ultimate Collector's Edition," which I received as a gift. I also have the original version on vhs and the director's cut on dvd stashed in the attic somewhere. The Final Cut is definitely my favorite version. btw, Did you know Ridley Scott ...
by Xatrei
December 29, 2011, 10:23 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Anyone still here?... anonymous torrent/newsgroup access?
Replies: 13
Views: 3256

Re: Anyone still here?... anonymous torrent/newsgroup access?

I still use giganews. I don't mind paying their rates for the service I get, and I also use their VyprVPN and Dumptruck storage services that with my diamond package. Their Mimo news reader seems decent, but I haven't really used it more than just to look at it a bit. As for Newsleecher, I rarely us...
by Xatrei
December 10, 2011, 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best song about a tranvestite
Replies: 3
Views: 1556

Re: Best song about a tranvestite

No "Sweet Transvestite?"
by Xatrei
December 2, 2011, 2:49 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

[Show]
They touched on this during Talking Dead also, and I think it's pretty clear that Hershel didn't know. Otis handled the zombie herding, and died before the subject of Sofia ever came up. Clearly Shane isn't buying that, though, in the extended preview shown during HoW.
by Xatrei
November 4, 2011, 9:54 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Storage Expansion Project
Replies: 47
Views: 22560

Re: Storage Expansion Project

Ouch. Glad I'm in good shape for storage right now with 4 of those. I can wait out the crazy prices before getting more. Time flies. It's been 1/2 year since I got my drives. 2 sets of 2TB Mirrored drives and have had no issues. Very nice drives. Yeah, I've been very pleased with these drives. Just...
by Xatrei
November 4, 2011, 1:51 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Storage Expansion Project
Replies: 47
Views: 22560

Re: Storage Expansion Project

The Samsung 2 TB drives that Winnow and I bought for ~80 bucks each are currently going for $230 on newegg thanks to the drive shortage panic caused by the floods in Thailand.
by Xatrei
October 19, 2011, 7:50 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Sons of Anarchy
Replies: 81
Views: 17520

Re: Sons of Anarchy

[Show]
Given the way that he hanged himself (~4 foot vertical drop), he probably would have snapped his neck. Physics and physiology will probably take a back seat to story line here, though, because I'm almost positive that he will survive this incident.
by Xatrei
October 17, 2011, 3:17 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

Yeah, definitely forgivable given the apparent budget restrictions. When I saw that, I was a bit worried that there would be more crappy effects to come, but I don't remember anything else that was so bad through the rest of the episode.
by Xatrei
October 16, 2011, 10:09 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: The Walking Dead
Replies: 269
Views: 82891

Re: The Walking Dead

A few minutes into the show, and you can already tell the chopped budget has affected the special effects. The CGI / compositing of them driving out of Atlanta looked awful.
by Xatrei
October 5, 2011, 12:58 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Terra Nova
Replies: 37
Views: 7669

Re: Terra Nova

This show is pure awful. Bad writing, uninteresting characters, goofy premise and marginal special effects all combine to make something that would be at home with any of the dozens of giant mutant (bug|snake|gator|fish) flicks that show non-stop on Syfy.
by Xatrei
September 21, 2011, 6:01 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: Pac 16
Replies: 18
Views: 8943

Re: Pac 16

Larry Scott's comments in this interview are interesting.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7001284
by Xatrei
September 21, 2011, 1:40 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Don't ask, don't tell expired today(?)
Replies: 11
Views: 1940

Re: Don't ask, don't tell expired today(?)

I'm an Army vet, and I'm about as conservative as Karl Marx, but yeah, most of the guys I served with fit Cane & Kyo's description pretty well. It's about time that this stupid regulation goes away. I was reading an article that mentioned the start date for DADT, and I realized that by coinciden...
by Xatrei
August 23, 2011, 1:19 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Touchpad liquidation sales
Replies: 85
Views: 21219

Re: Touchpad liquidation sales

ubuntu on touchpad **

** sort of - it's early, though.
by Xatrei
August 15, 2011, 2:36 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Teh middle class (forked from the other thread)
Replies: 88
Views: 21137

Re: Teh middle class (forked from the other thread)

Herman Cain gained a bit of notoriety for his rather doltish claim that as President he would not be willing to sign a law longer than three pages because it has too many words. He's since backtracked, given the sheer absurdity of his previous statement. My comment was a bit of a jab at your complai...
by Xatrei
August 12, 2011, 8:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Teh middle class (forked from the other thread)
Replies: 88
Views: 21137

Re: Teh middle class (forked from the other thread)

Avestan is a Herman Cain man, apparently.
by Xatrei
August 12, 2011, 1:29 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: New direction for the US Men's Soccer program?
Replies: 9
Views: 8640

Re: New direction for the US Men's Soccer program?

I thought the US played well defensively overall, the one corner kick notwithstanding. The subs definitely made a lot of difference, and things definitely started to click about 70 minutes in when Marquez came off. I love watching Mexico play lately. They're *everywhere* on the pitch. I wonder how m...
by Xatrei
August 3, 2011, 4:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Viva la Revolucion
Replies: 7
Views: 2252

Re: Viva la Revolucion

I agree with the sentiment. I don't think that it's possible to repair our government - it's too far gone. The best I think that we can hope for is that whatever emerges from the post-collapse chaos won't suck more than what we already have.