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Gekko71

Good to have you back Mobius. The thing I like about this game is the pacing. It's been a long time since I felt like I was *sneaking* around a 6DOF map. While the AI of the bots in the time I've played so far isn't nearly as intimidating as it as in D1-3 was, I'm still finding myself *expecting* an...

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I haven't wanted to play Descent of any variety in ages cydereal , but 30 seconds of your Alpha footage fixed that quick smart. In my book that;s a good sign. I'm downloading the alpha now, I'll give you my thoughts (and system specs) later on. Many of the points already raised by Krom, Foil, Alter ...

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roid wrote:what prompted you to get checked out for it gekko?

Check your PM Roid

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I was diagnosed with Inattentive ADHD in March this year, one day before my 41st Brithday. Best Fuckin birthday present I ever got. Seriously! I really don't care two shits about the time I've spent with the handbrake on. I've got greater clarity, energy, resourcefulness and drive now than I've ever...

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here's an interesting middle ground. She uses a laptop, vocoder, and loops (abiet themselves recorded during the song). Roid - Imojen's performance was just twelve different shades of wonderful. Thank you so much for the link - she just made new fan! :-) The Skrillex and DukedaGod vids had my jaw o...

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Very sad news - Steve Kordek, the father of pinball has passed away aged 100. Inventor of the drop-target and multi-ball amongst many other innovations.

I still yearn for my own pinball table - alas I don't have the room nor the readies right now...

Great Shame. Any one else here a pinball fan?

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Cannibalism at it's finest. Okay, that made me laugh. :lol: What also makes me laugh is that this political party is currently a minority government - it only enjoys power because a tiny handful of independent senators currently lend it support. If they do sack Rudd and he stands down from his seat...

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I know Australian politics aren't interesting to many folks on this board, ...but if you get secret voyeuristic pleasure from hearing the neighbour's fight, you might find the current events a bit of a giggle. (myself I think they're friggin' HILARIOUS!!) Our current foreign minister (and former hea...

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HBTY!!

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I agree Foil - when I say I'm standing back, I'm accompanying it with the message that while I am uncomfortable with his non-communication on some things, I am trusting him enough to give him space and have him tell me if anything is wrong. I then follow this up with less-frequent-but-still-regular ...

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All good advice, thanks guys. I reckon I just need to stop playing the over-protective grumpy dad and start giving the little guy more space. Thanks for the feedback.

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Capm wrote:Them 2 PALE in comparison to the Avatar 2 trailer!

I .. just.. you've gotta watch this. This is quite possibly, the best movie trailer ... EVAR!

BEST. TITLE. EVER. XD

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Ask what interests them at school. If they only like computer science, then ask them about that. See if you can get more than a one or two word answer on any topic, normally a teem will chat for hours on something he enjoys. Then work from there, extending to other subjects, or teachers. I agree. H...

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My oldest son is now going to high-school. I've been trying to talk to him and see how it's going but the conversations are stupidly one-sided (...much like this, minus the music. XD). Anyone got any tips on how to get a teenager to really talk about their experiences at school and how they're feeli...

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Let me gloat.... Over here it's summer, and we are having nice hot days. Down here at 50m above sea level we rarely have snow stick for more than a few hours, but my experience in walking in the deep stuff while tramping let's me sympathize. Nice hot days?? Uggh!! Right now there's no such thing! I...

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This sounds like Rossi cold fusion . Some more here . Count me as skeptical. Folk who make exceptional claims bear the burden of providing exceptional evidence. Fine. Let 'em test it. I'd be happy to see it succeed, but I won't yank out my electric company meter just yet. Yeah I've read about the E...

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I've been doing a lot of reading into LENR research (Low-energy Nuclear Reactions aka: Cold Fusion - a very poor name for a very interesting phenomenon). There's an organisation called Praxen Defkalion Green Technologies Global Ltd. (PDGT) that is inviting independent scientific observers to test th...

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There are a couple ways I send large files over the internet if the need arises. If it is just a few hundred megabytes I upload it to a professional web host I lease some space from. Technically I could upload over 200 gigabytes that way, however uploading that much to a middleman web host like tha...

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This made me laugh.

Prejudice (NSFW - Swearing)

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That was beautiful, thanks for posting Gren. On the subject of beautiful videos shot outdoors, this one sends the deepest of chills up my back every time I see it, ...and I don't even surf! :) The scenery here reminds me of my old home town of Albany WA. ...and the writing reminds me of the sheer jo...

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Thx for the post Duper. I agree, there's more BS around HL3 than I care to wade through. I'm guessing that Valve will do the same as they did with HL2 - announce and launch it out of the blue once they're confident it's stable.

In the meantime - I STILL want my HL3!

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All I really have to say here is:

1#: This was a cool idea - wish I could have joined in.

2#: Sing it with me folks: I WANT MY... I WANT MY HL3!

Anyone heard any gossip on an ETA?

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The thief was not a threat itself but stealing your power-ups at precisely the wrong time made it a major nuisance; so there were few things as satisfying as cornering the Thief and hammering it with ordinance till it exploded. Oh hell yeah! I'd work hard to get those quads as early as I could and ...

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??? what am I missing here?

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Scientists at the world's largest physics lab outside Geneva said they have clocked neutrinos travelling faster than light. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/einstein-theory-rattled-at-high-speed/story-e6frg6so-1226144323956 If true, this is some mind-bending stuff right here! :shock: Anyon...

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...reading through that article I couldn't help but have "The philosopher's song" by Monty Python running through my head.

BIZARRE!

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Ferno wrote:I am altering the films. Pray I don't alter them any further.

...That made my day!

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...hang on a sec, I need to pull on my Mick Dundee hat: .... Right! where was I? Oh yeah: "...heh! That's not a spider... " (**Pulls ancient link out of my back pocket**) "...Now that's a spider! " * 8) ( *...with apologies to Paul Hogan, who is now deathly sick of this joke. :P )

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"...Did they look like psychos? They were vampires! Psycho's don't explode when sunlight hits them - I don't care how crazy they are!!"

From Dusk till Dawn.

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Are you sure 'Ivy' isn't using any more of your artwork for commercial purposes?

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I like how no one's suggestions are even remotely similar to anyone else's yet. :P Yeah, "acoustic or up-tempo or energetic" is pretty broad in scope. Yep! Deliberately so - I wanted to be surprised, I 'm seeking music that people genuinely think is worth recommending, (as opposed to some...

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I need some new music to get me though the week people. Anyone got some good suggestions? :) Anything acocustic, anything up-tempo or just anything with some real energy to it would be very welcome. :P Like this for example - always great to see a fellow Freo boy do good! 8) All suggestions very wel...

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Interesting Manga below on the financial situation facing Japan.

http://www.mckinsey.com/Features/Reimag ... l_cat.aspx

I've never seen economic analysis as a manga comic before - lessons here for all of us .

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Sirius wrote: ...I would wager that there is nothing that can be found on those asteroids and not Earth that is yet of sufficient value to justify anywhere near the expense... .

...Oh I wouldn't be too sure about that.

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All I really want to say here is that is one f*****g huge croc.

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Thanks for the feedback gents - I kinda suspected that I was buying a dead end in regards to upgrades but I wasn't totally sure.

I'll keep looking around and see what pops up.

Thanks for the help (...insert your favourite thumbs-up icon here.

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The only thing that stands out for me is the video card. You say it's 128 megs ram and 800 megs shared. That's not good for any type of gaming. Id' shop around at local electronic store and see what kinda of deals you can get for new computers. Even try Dell. New computers in my neck of the woods a...

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I've done some basic desktop video editing for our workplace. At work they have nero 9.0 - which is useable, but far from perfect. At home I have used AVS Video Editor from AVS 4 U. Again, it's built for home users and not very advanced, but is cheap at less that $100 and very instinctive to use. Go...

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Hi guys. I'm currently buying a 2nd hand computer for my son who is turning 12. This will be used for homework / word processing / web surfing and some gaming (WoW, TF2, LFD2) The shop down the road from me specialises in 2nd hand refurbished systems and are offering me the following deal. The syste...

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Top Gun wrote:I just discovered Manly Guys Doing Manly Things, which is pretty damn hilarious.

That sir is friggin' funny. Thanks for the link!!

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