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Media / Re: ANNA MEETS THE FURRIES
« on: October 26, 2007, 11:37:45 AM »
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TEX AVERY IS A FURRY LOL
TEX AVERY IS A FURRY LOL
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Computing / Re: The Linux Help Thread
« on: October 26, 2007, 11:34:24 AM »
Don't blame Microsoft for a fault that only seems to be happening on your computer. :/ The only time I've seen NTLDR shit itself is when there were hardware problems or bad drivers (I've been using NT for seven years and have *never* had an NTLDR issue on my computer, and that's on hardware ranging from a P2-400 to my current P4-2800). Make sure everything is completely up-to-date and, failing that, try rolling back to an older motherboard driver release.
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Computing / Re: Your first computer
« on: October 25, 2007, 07:27:59 PM »
Commodore VIC-20
1MHz MOS 6502
5KB RAM (3.5KB user addressable)
16-color 176x184 display (composite output)
Commodore BASIC
1MHz MOS 6502
5KB RAM (3.5KB user addressable)
16-color 176x184 display (composite output)
Commodore BASIC
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Random Chat / Re: The Official S.net "The Lame Replies Thread" Thread
« on: October 25, 2007, 01:47:51 PM »
DOS stuff, what else? 
It's not even set to boot into the GUI by default anymore. The main reason that I'm using Win98 for DOS is because it supports FAT32 (which my hard drive basically needs so that the cluster size won't be a complete joke) and because it's a HELL of a lot more stable than FreeDOS (then again, running Windows 95 on a system with gobs of spyware, bad memory, a bad CPU, and a dying PSU would lead to more stable performance than running FreeDOS. period).
There's also some awesome games that don't like Windows 2000/XP very much...like the Monster Truck Madness.
It's not even set to boot into the GUI by default anymore. The main reason that I'm using Win98 for DOS is because it supports FAT32 (which my hard drive basically needs so that the cluster size won't be a complete joke) and because it's a HELL of a lot more stable than FreeDOS (then again, running Windows 95 on a system with gobs of spyware, bad memory, a bad CPU, and a dying PSU would lead to more stable performance than running FreeDOS. period).There's also some awesome games that don't like Windows 2000/XP very much...like the Monster Truck Madness.
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Random Chat / Re: The Official S.net "The Lame Replies Thread" Thread
« on: October 25, 2007, 12:13:33 PM »
HAPPY YAY, I hooked up my Compaq. In fact, I'm posting this message with it.
For the record, this is the system that has the following bit of awesome:
(and for the record, I know DirectX is out-of-date...if I'm ever feeling masochistic enough to try to play any games that require DX8 on this system I'll be sure and upgrade it
)
For the record, this is the system that has the following bit of awesome:
(and for the record, I know DirectX is out-of-date...if I'm ever feeling masochistic enough to try to play any games that require DX8 on this system I'll be sure and upgrade it
)
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Gaming / Re: Mandatory console debate
« on: October 25, 2007, 10:04:40 AM »And yes, the joysticks on the PS2 controllers are lame, I will give microsoft a point for having excellent controllers.
In cases where I do use a gamepad on my PC (mainly for X2 and X3) I use a wired 360 controller. I haven't found a better one yet.
(That's one issue that nintendo needs to work on, bot the GC and N64 controllers got a lot of joystick fatigue. Most of my GC controllers are fucked due to joystick issues of one sort or another.)
That's kind of odd. My friend and I both put our GameCube controllers through a LOT of abuse and neither one of us have joystick problems or problems of any kind. You're totally right about the N64 ones, though, those joysticks kind of suck. When I bought mine I was lucky enough to get a controller that clearly hasn't been used much.
Now as far as PS2 controllers go, I have two of them that are missing critical functionality (one has a near-dead X button and the other has flaky trigger buttons and a totally dead motor) despite being used significantly less and treated quite a lot better. That makes a whole lot of sense. :/ I'm glad I don't use my PS2 for anything other than Bemani for the most part. I don't think my replacement controllers would be able to handle getting held for more than five minutes.
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Gaming / Re: Mandatory console debate
« on: October 25, 2007, 03:06:15 AM »
At least Microsoft has the right idea of where to place joysticks.
Considering analog sticks have become a very BIG thing in gaming, why are they in a position that would cause fatigue to your thumbs after a short period of time? I started playing PS2 games (namely, GT4) again a few months after I bought my 360 and I literally could play more than a couple of races in a set because my hands hurt too badly. And I'm not the only person who had problems with it.
Considering analog sticks have become a very BIG thing in gaming, why are they in a position that would cause fatigue to your thumbs after a short period of time? I started playing PS2 games (namely, GT4) again a few months after I bought my 360 and I literally could play more than a couple of races in a set because my hands hurt too badly. And I'm not the only person who had problems with it.
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Gaming / Re: Mandatory console debate
« on: October 25, 2007, 12:18:43 AM »
As far as I'm concerned, the 360 is the best current-gen system that I own.
The Wii and PS3 really don't have the games to hold them at the moment, though the Wii's overall library is significantly better than the PS3's and is getting better. It is having the same problem as the GameCube -- the only company producing truly amazing games for it is Nintendo. Think about it: Zelda, Metroid, SSB, Mario...those are all Nintendo franchises. There are a few other fun games in the mix (ELEBITS <3) but there's still quite a ways to go.
The Xbox 360 has been out the longest and has quite a few good games. Saying that a lot of its games are being ported to PC is a moot point because they come out on the 360 much sooner than on the PC and because the Xbox 360 is a LOT less than the $1250 that I, for one, would need to cost to upgrade my PC to the point of being able to play newer games. Also, there's Xbox Live!, which features a lot more than just multiplayer play. There's a whole slew of new, original games on there, not to mention easy access to game demos and other media. The biggest problem with the system is the RRoD. My friend hasn't red-ringed yet and he's owned a 360 since the second shipment and I haven't had any significant problems with mine (bought mine in December 2006) aside from the media for some games being stupidly cheap and cracking...but that's hardly a hardware problem. The accessories are almost laughably expensive in some cases (the wi-fi adapter costs $100? give me a fucking break) so hopefully as the PS3 starts to gain a bit more of a foothold that situation will improve.
The PS3 has a bit of catching up to do. Its price tag is becoming more attractive, it has the capacity to function as a computer, its standard hard drive size isn't a joke, you can install games to the hard drive to improve loading times, it has built-in support for a HD disc format, and, really, its hardware is pretty nice overall. The controllers are still a bit too cramped for my liking (I never did like the DualShock design, and the fact that stayed with it all this time made me a bit sad) and it needs some better games. The current ports for it are generally worse than the original 360 version or whatever because the system is such a departure from what developers are used to working on. The Cell is a pretty complex beast overall, probably not as complicated as the PS2's architecture, but still quite a bit harder than working with a triple-core PowerPC, a fairly standard GPU, and a nice set of hardware abstraction libraries like you would get on the 360.
The Wii and PS3 really don't have the games to hold them at the moment, though the Wii's overall library is significantly better than the PS3's and is getting better. It is having the same problem as the GameCube -- the only company producing truly amazing games for it is Nintendo. Think about it: Zelda, Metroid, SSB, Mario...those are all Nintendo franchises. There are a few other fun games in the mix (ELEBITS <3) but there's still quite a ways to go.
The Xbox 360 has been out the longest and has quite a few good games. Saying that a lot of its games are being ported to PC is a moot point because they come out on the 360 much sooner than on the PC and because the Xbox 360 is a LOT less than the $1250 that I, for one, would need to cost to upgrade my PC to the point of being able to play newer games. Also, there's Xbox Live!, which features a lot more than just multiplayer play. There's a whole slew of new, original games on there, not to mention easy access to game demos and other media. The biggest problem with the system is the RRoD. My friend hasn't red-ringed yet and he's owned a 360 since the second shipment and I haven't had any significant problems with mine (bought mine in December 2006) aside from the media for some games being stupidly cheap and cracking...but that's hardly a hardware problem. The accessories are almost laughably expensive in some cases (the wi-fi adapter costs $100? give me a fucking break) so hopefully as the PS3 starts to gain a bit more of a foothold that situation will improve.
The PS3 has a bit of catching up to do. Its price tag is becoming more attractive, it has the capacity to function as a computer, its standard hard drive size isn't a joke, you can install games to the hard drive to improve loading times, it has built-in support for a HD disc format, and, really, its hardware is pretty nice overall. The controllers are still a bit too cramped for my liking (I never did like the DualShock design, and the fact that stayed with it all this time made me a bit sad) and it needs some better games. The current ports for it are generally worse than the original 360 version or whatever because the system is such a departure from what developers are used to working on. The Cell is a pretty complex beast overall, probably not as complicated as the PS2's architecture, but still quite a bit harder than working with a triple-core PowerPC, a fairly standard GPU, and a nice set of hardware abstraction libraries like you would get on the 360.
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Random Chat / Re: This fills me with furious angry rage.
« on: October 25, 2007, 12:05:51 AM »
Swoot.
I actually don't have any problems with throttling here. Last time I did any semi-heavy torrenting iptables did show a hundred or so RST packets so it's possible that Sandvine was doing its work, but they didn't bump down my speeds or anything like that (my rates were 1MB/s down and 120kb/s up consistently).
I actually don't have any problems with throttling here. Last time I did any semi-heavy torrenting iptables did show a hundred or so RST packets so it's possible that Sandvine was doing its work, but they didn't bump down my speeds or anything like that (my rates were 1MB/s down and 120kb/s up consistently).
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Gaming / Re: unreal tournament 3 demo
« on: October 24, 2007, 04:33:59 PM »
I paid around $100 for a nice, heavy 620W modular PSU.
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Random Chat / Re: I just had to....
« on: October 24, 2007, 02:12:35 PM »My current background, just uploaded the file because I'm lazy.
Simply amazing.
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Media / Re: ANNA MEETS THE FURRIES
« on: October 23, 2007, 08:44:20 PM »Yeah, until I need to do something with precision. Maybe claws like wolverine or something.. Having them retractable.
Definitely, yeah. It would be quite inconvenient otherwise.
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☃ / Re: caption this plz
« on: October 23, 2007, 06:38:26 AM »Mexico is the lazy uncle that doesn't do much but watch TV and eat microwave dinners
But that's perfectly fine because they make created some DAMN good food dishes.
Also, I loled.