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by ccb056
Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:08 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Password protect for XP
Replies: 9
Views: 1254

by ccb056
Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What do you score?
Replies: 17
Views: 1991

10/12

DJI and Kosovo
by ccb056
Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:21 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: MS takes Windows 3.11 out of embed to put to bed
Replies: 21
Views: 1816

Re:

I wanted to network and update over the Interweb yes, so that exposes my equipment to attack and possible compromise or even ruin it. So for me its back to hardware with their proprietary crap, and if I need to update an USB key will work fine. If I get a virus its my fault then. While researching ...
by ccb056
Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Way off Oil
Replies: 28
Views: 2162

If we want to get off oil the right way it most certainly is not with battery powered electric cars. The conventional battery is nearing the end of its life, there just arent that many more innovations that can be made to it. The best solution to decreasing carbon emissions is dumping the oil, gas, ...
by ccb056
Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Inspiration to find alternative fuels...
Replies: 10
Views: 1318

oil soaked plutonium pellets :D
by ccb056
Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:54 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: saw this today.
Replies: 16
Views: 1279

Re:

I saw this sort of thing once. It involved a 100 ton crane. The operator picked up a huge block of concrete out of safe radius range of the crane. It was at the nuclear power plant on the Mississippi River north of New Orleans when it was being built. I watched the crane go over. It was like slow m...
by ccb056
Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:49 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What does America stand for?
Replies: 24
Views: 1797

America > *

And if you think its better somewhere else, move there.
by ccb056
Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:19 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Forumers who play Descent
Replies: 45
Views: 4686

I stopped playing regularly when PXO died, used to be a few times a week, now maybe 3 times a year.
by ccb056
Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fairness Doctrine
Replies: 23
Views: 1095

WLS 870 AM in Chicago is a pretty big station in the midwest... their company vans only turn right
by ccb056
Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fairness Doctrine
Replies: 23
Views: 1095

Re:

Cuda68 wrote:
Dakatsu wrote:It is a crappy idea, and you described it well. I really have nothing to say; I hate Republicans, but I hate limiting free speech more (about 50x more)
Yea, kinda like I hate Democrats.
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by ccb056
Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What happened to the Midnight Squadron Projects?
Replies: 13
Views: 1447

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LOL, the GTVC Avatar wasn't part of the project I don't think. At least I don't think Grim intended it to be that way. By the way, Meathead IS Darkside Heartless. You can see renders from both myself and Darkside. Who runs that website? I'd like to contact the author to have some things clarified. ...
by ccb056
Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:13 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What happened to the Midnight Squadron Projects?
Replies: 13
Views: 1447

I thought Cougar wrote the storyline:
http://www.descent4.org/cougar
by ccb056
Sat May 24, 2008 10:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: conservative majority? more like progressive majority
Replies: 173
Views: 10204

Wow, I'm gone for a few months and this Alter Fox moron shows up.
by ccb056
Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Ethanol mistake...
Replies: 102
Views: 5595

Re:

Cuda68 wrote:We feed enough people in the world who simply snub us in the end. Let them starve and learn a little humility. We need to end foreign aid completely and then see who steps up to help. We really do not need there oil that badly where we are there Bitc*s to knock around.
qft
by ccb056
Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:30 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 10430

Im sensing the website update is soon. Right now IE is timing out and it isnt even displaying the splash page.....
by ccb056
Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: green efforts
Replies: 31
Views: 3152

I agree, gas power is retarded.

Lets start employing some more nuke engineers and build a few more nuke plants, the ones we have now are deprecated and need to be replaced.
by ccb056
Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:26 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bike Speedometer
Replies: 5
Views: 696

I've got a gps that I use for hiking/driving/biking and other misc stuff.

Works pretty well, has maps, shows routes, records avg speed, distance traveled, etc
by ccb056
Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:03 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: My 3 D3 forum Signatures *New Pyro-GL sig added!*
Replies: 8
Views: 2953

these are awesome, do you have any more?
by ccb056
Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Just Another \"Police Shoot Poor Animal\" Movie
Replies: 17
Views: 1443

so what?
by ccb056
Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Just Another \"Police Shoot Poor Animal\" Movie
Replies: 17
Views: 1443

shoot them all, ask questions later

animals have no god given rights
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

Re:

Spidey wrote:
ccb056 wrote:Why would concealed carry on campus be any different than concealed carry off campus?
One word: Social Interaction.

I would have to say no on this one.
one word, huh?
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

What do you hunt with a pistol? As far as I'm, concered the only use for a pistol is self defense, target practice, and to own it because you can.
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

It seems that you are saying you would be more afraid of being attacked on campus by someone with a gun compared to off campus. Is that correct? If so, I can't understand why, other than the fact that you probably come into contact with more people on campus than off campus. I respond to this by ask...
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:44 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Some Icons
Replies: 18
Views: 5238

You gotta make one for D4!
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:37 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

How many parties are actually held on campus? Close to nil. From what I understand there are 3 types of states with regard to concealed carry permits: No issue Shall issue May issue idk what the difference is between the last two Also, I think shotuns can be purchased at 16, rifles at 18, and handgu...
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:25 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

So, you're against concealed carry on campus because of your actions (walking around a populated campus), and not the actions of others? Assuming the percentage of armed vs unarmed people remains the same on and off campus (idk why it wouldn't, in fact it might be less on campus because college stud...
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

Re:

Why would concealed carry on campus be any different than concealed carry off campus? I'd be more scared of being in a school with 1000 people with guns than walking town with a fraction of the people with guns. Are you saying the proportionality of armed people vs unarmed people would be statistic...
by ccb056
Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:06 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right to Bear arms (School)???
Replies: 33
Views: 2060

Why would concealed carry on campus be any different than concealed carry off campus?
by ccb056
Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:31 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 10430

Re:

A side note. Both Volition and Outrage were purchased by THQ. Outrage, iirc, was disband while Volition is still going strong. Here is a VERY interesting article I just found. This is a MUST read by any descent player. CLICK!!! I read this YEARS ago on Outrage's site. I was posted on the Project he...
by ccb056
Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:43 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Old but interesting Jason Leighton interview concerning D3
Replies: 1
Views: 679

The link on the Toschlog page is dead.

Here is the interview
by ccb056
Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:06 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 10430

Re:

SO i guess you are the host of descent4.org, you can fix that too at your site I believe ccb056 is the host of http://www.descent4.org A very nice site btw. That is correct, Thanks :) I'm hopping that with more news from Interplay regarding Descent 4, I can justify the cost of moving from the free ...
by ccb056
Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:00 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 10430

Re:

they gave up the rights to the Descent name years ago. Descent Movie - you mean - lol No, the game too. Cancelled in 2002! Don't forget that Interplay does not and never did own the IP for Descent. Matt Toschlog and Mike Kulas do (as Parallax Software). http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=ser...
by ccb056
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:35 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Descent Timeline
Replies: 12
Views: 1117

hey Bub, other than the pyro below, did you render any other Descent art?

Image
by ccb056
Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:44 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 10430

Re:

Trackball wrote:Heres some art from the Orbital D4.

I can post more if you want. I also bet the MS and Orbital crowd has some more stuff sitting on their hard drives.
That would be great

Any Volition concept art would be appreciated also
by ccb056
Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:13 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Descent Timeline
Replies: 12
Views: 1117

OK, that helped alot, I think the timeline is much more accurate now. One thing I've noticed, Red Faction was released 8 months after development started/descent 4 cancelled; yet in an interview with Kulas he said no code was used from the D4 project in the Red Faction project. Also in another inter...
by ccb056
Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:11 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Descent Timeline
Replies: 12
Views: 1117

Interesting, could you give an approximate month/year MS started work and the month when Valin hijacked the project? Did MS continue any work after Valin hijacked the project? http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.descent4.net ^That shows descent4.net existing back in 1999, who had control of the ...
by ccb056
Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:25 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay has Updated Their Website and has Insinuated D4..!
Replies: 124
Views: 10430

Re:

d3jake wrote:My personal odds of this happening have gone from 6.02x10^23: 1 to 4.20x10^20:1, meaning that it's probably not going to happen, but even though the odds are "better", you'd have a better of getting hit by lightning in Death Valley.
I get the molar reference, but 4.20E20 ???
by ccb056
Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Descent Timeline
Replies: 12
Views: 1117

Descent Timeline

I am working on creating a Descent timeline over here:

http://www.descent4.org/timeline

If anyone could mention some more stuff to add, or correct dates that would be great.

Does anyone know when Heat and PXO went offline? That's something I want to add to the timeline.

Thanks!
by ccb056
Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:59 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Quantum Tunneling Through Time + More Quantum Stuff
Replies: 11
Views: 767

Time is directional because entropy is directional because time is directional.

Thank you Yossarian!