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by Daedelus
Mon May 22, 2006 5:11 am
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Scandalously bad textbooks, problem with American textbooks.
Replies: 15
Views: 1674

I've kept a few books through the couple of years I've been able to. First was a writing handbook I received during my English class senior year of high school. Lots of great stuff in there, including MLA and APA formatting (common citation styles for papers written at American university) made simp...
by Daedelus
Mon May 22, 2006 5:06 am
Forum: Off The Wall
Topic: Sig/Avatar ratings... ~Version 2.0~
Replies: 1546
Views: 308822

Ayanami wrote:I may be wrong but I think he is from one of the Pheonix Wright games on the DS.
Correct, boy wonder!
by Daedelus
Sun May 21, 2006 6:50 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Scandalously bad textbooks, problem with American textbooks.
Replies: 15
Views: 1674

Re: Scandalously bad textbooks, problem with American textbo

American textbooks are both grotesquely bloated (so much so that some state legislatures are considering mandating lighter books to save students from back injuries) I want to say that it's Arizona that requires schools to have two copies of text books. One for home, one for school. Lessens the bur...
by Daedelus
Sun May 21, 2006 6:32 am
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Former Nazi removed from space hall of fame
Replies: 45
Views: 8630

Buzkashi wrote:Pete Rose anyone?
You ain't kiddin'.

Seriously. Can we stop with the utter and complete villification with anyone that was a Nazi? Half the damn time they didn't even want anything to do with what Hitler had going on. The current Pope was a Hitler Youth!

Gotta love over-political correctness.
by Daedelus
Sun May 21, 2006 6:30 am
Forum: Off The Wall
Topic: What's Worse?
Replies: 12
Views: 4495

I went to an interview at the dollar store today. Easiest job to get, ever. Pathetic pay and hours though. It doesn't seem so bad there because it looks like they arn't strict at all. I hate strict. Saw a cashier sitting, that was a relief. It's a very good fall-back job. What about using that as a...
by Daedelus
Sun May 21, 2006 6:27 am
Forum: Off The Wall
Topic: Of Kangaroos and Object-Oriented Programming.
Replies: 7
Views: 1807

Reuse code, but for the love of god triple-check it! Not to mention... run a damn demo for yourself first!
by Daedelus
Sun May 21, 2006 6:25 am
Forum: Off The Wall
Topic: Mindwerks game project....
Replies: 27
Views: 7435

Sounds good. You might want to look at Utopia and Earth: 2025 from Swirve for inspiration. I used to play both many years ago. Even had a top-rated account for 2025 for a round. Certainly wouldn't mind something else to come around.
by Daedelus
Sun May 21, 2006 6:22 am
Forum: News & Support
Topic: On the "clogging the forums" issue...
Replies: 21
Views: 1813

The thing is, I thought that threads like "Post your Desktop" and etc were good threads because the community could jump in on the action. They were not so self centered. I saw Sarah's thread as selfish and not a strong thread. Pretty much just asking the community to help her out on an e...
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 6:18 pm
Forum: News & Support
Topic: Mindwerks new home!
Replies: 14
Views: 1682

Yeah, a mod exists for this somewhere. On a cell phone forum I used to frequent, the limit was something like 50k for sigs and 300k for in-post images. Anything else you were on your own to host.
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 6:06 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Take a Stand Against the Madness; Stop the RIAA!
Replies: 26
Views: 4477

psi29a wrote:der-de-dir, SMRT!
:kekeke: :PLUS1:
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 6:05 pm
Forum: News & Support
Topic: Mindwerks new home!
Replies: 14
Views: 1682

Maybe tie that in somehow with an 'attachment' button when you hit reply?
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 5:52 pm
Forum: Video Gaming
Topic: Every single next-gen game looks the fucking same.
Replies: 37
Views: 6779

Halo: Combat Evolved? Yet Another: FPS! I play FPS, I like them. I have a dislike for console FPS to begin with, the control is just too wonky compared to WASD + mouse. If I try and ignore the controls, I really don't see how Halo stood out at all. I played the PC and liked it better due to control...
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 5:44 pm
Forum: Off The Wall
Topic: Lego fun (Battleship edition)
Replies: 30
Views: 3867

I remember when I was a kid, I loved the Technics stuff. Lots of fun to build. Never looked as cool as some of the sets now-a-days but man did I love that stuff.
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 5:17 pm
Forum: News & Support
Topic: Mindwerks new home!
Replies: 14
Views: 1682

psi29a wrote:After things settle, I'll look at my baseline and see what is and is not feasable.
With Femto on that one. 1TB is a shitload if you're used to doing 30GB/mo but you don't want to add a feature that'll grow too quickly and out of control.
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 5:41 am
Forum: Video Gaming
Topic: Wii rocks, ps3 sucks, microsoft hates sony.
Replies: 95
Views: 18155

To continue on the whole PS3 price debate: The PS3 is gonna cost £425 in england which is about $800 and consumers won't even have the option of getting the Core package. Now that's insane. Sucks for those who are in the UK. Shocking that Basou screwed the pooch on this one. Fortunately I'm catchin...
by Daedelus
Fri May 19, 2006 5:31 am
Forum: News & Support
Topic: Mindwerks new home!
Replies: 14
Views: 1682

What kind of bandwidth block are you pushing for the month?

Also, maybe allow user attached images. Of course limit the filesize, also based on the bandwidth you use on average yadda yadda.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:46 pm
Forum: Video Gaming
Topic: Every single next-gen game looks the fucking same.
Replies: 37
Views: 6779

Modified GCN was used at E3, not Wii. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/realitysfringe/gamecube_or_wii.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/realitysfringe/bscap00018in.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/realitysfringe/bscap00007dl.jpg Nor the PS3 was used. http://www.gamesradar.c...
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:31 pm
Forum: Video Gaming
Topic: Nintendo DS
Replies: 234
Views: 46519

I just finished World 2. So far the Mini-Mario thing is pretty useless and to me isn't that fun. They used Mega-Mario in the very first level for some cool stuff, I liked that.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:30 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Gas prices!!
Replies: 45
Views: 4411

Topic is worth carrying on about, since we're seeing the summer hike again. I have a large truck, and I filled it this morning from just about empty (Low Fuel warning was on) and it cost me $78 at $2.79 (I have a 29 gallon tank). I'm not sure the mileage I'm getting, but I'd expect something around ...
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:23 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Last chromosome in human genome sequenced
Replies: 17
Views: 1583

I never said this wasn't important. Until you start seeing real-world applications that change the way we (as a people) survive and live, I'm not calling it a breakthrough.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:22 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: CCTV to be broadcasted to citizen's homes in UK
Replies: 13
Views: 1337

I can't remember reality TV I liked. Maybe like the first couple seasons of Survivor but now I'm pretty bored with it. American Idol needs to die. Every time that show airs, I find out just how stupid America has gotten.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:21 pm
Forum: Off The Wall
Topic: I've seen a lot more members in the registered users box...
Replies: 112
Views: 6611

newbified wrote:™ (alt+0153) ® (alt+0174) © (alt+0169)
I know the codes but honestly, I just don't care enough to go through those awkward keystrokes.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 8:17 pm
Forum: News & Support
Topic: Option for custom user title?
Replies: 28
Views: 2957

Arresty wrote:Post like a madman, just don't spam. :twisted:
No shit. Earn your new title. I kind of like the fact that Psi has custom titles off here.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: CCTV to be broadcasted to citizen's homes in UK
Replies: 13
Views: 1337

I think, from what I've read, that it'll be more like The Truman Show. I've been looking for more information, but can't find any. I'm betting we'll hear all about it once it actually hits the air.
by Daedelus
Thu May 18, 2006 5:42 pm
Forum: Current Events & Politics
Topic: Global Rising prices, Rate hikes, Share prices plunging
Replies: 1
Views: 436

This was all sparked by inflation fears in the States. The Dow had it's largest slide yesterday in about three years. The CPI (the measure economists and others use to find inflation rates) rose 0.6% in April, which was 0.1% higher than expected. I know that sounds like a small number but when a pre...