The off-topic thread

by J-C-D-P-C on 10/26/2004 19:49, 233 messages, last message: 03/21/2006 21:34, 138853 views, last view: 05/18/2024 22:27

Here you can talk about whatever you want, wheter or not it has anything to do with cube. Politics, your ex-girlfriend, your new computer, the latest game, whatever.

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#194: Re: gaming tech

by sinsky on 01/04/2005 14:42, refers to #190

I'm shocked! I thought it was out already - I've seen it on the movies :)

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#195: Re: gaming tech

by pushplay on 01/05/2005 04:16, refers to #192

Still shots of a car aren't very impressive. The PS2 could render that given enough time. The three major consoles will all be pretty comparable in power no matter how many times they use the word "revolutionary" so I wouldn't get too worked up.

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#196: ..

by staffy_ihatethecookies on 01/09/2005 11:23

Has anyone else noticed the recovery partitions those sneaky computer manufacturers are making now?

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#197: Re: ..

by D.plomat on 01/09/2005 12:31, refers to #196

yep, they can be handy when you want to make a quick install, but can get annoying when you want to reinstall the OS while keeping the data partition intact.

Normally those setups are mostly used in companies so they can rely on tape backups for restore/saved image disks for system.

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#198: Re: ..

by D.plomat on 01/09/2005 12:32, refers to #197

> so they

the admins, not the setup

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#199: Re: gaming tech

by tentus on 01/09/2005 18:24, refers to #189

Nintendo has also said their next system, the "Revolution", will feature some sort of console-to-console communication, that somehow is not LAN, internet, radio, or any of the other common techniques. Any ideas as to what they could possibly be planning?

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#200: ..

by makkE on 01/09/2005 21:32

Quantum-Communication I guess :D
jk...

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#201: Re: ..

by dcp on 01/10/2005 19:17, refers to #200

or the good old 'star trek' (tm) subspace communication bands

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#202: Re: gaming tech

by D.plomat on 01/11/2005 13:07, refers to #199

maybe IP over pigeon-carriers?

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt?number=1149

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#203: ..

by sinsky on 01/12/2005 14:33

Yesterday late at night while I was checking my #cube IRC log something eihrul said caught my eye, about the global warming and that we don't know what is causing it, I think it was. I was too tired to reply then and I'm not very competent, but, you see, my parents both happen to be geologists and we all happen to be from eastern Europe, so we know of the mathematically proven, world-renowned and world-infamous theory of Milankovich (also spelled MilankoviTch, search Google, Britannica, etc.). If you want to check it out do it yourself, don't just trust what I tell you because as I said, I'm not very familiar with it. Briefly, I think it describes the relationship between large-scale climate changes and their effect on geological layers, the movement of stellar bodies, including that of our solar system through the galaxy, and the effects on Earth's climate and surface through the various stages of that cyclic process.

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#204: Re: ..

by Jcdpc Mozilla_is_teh_cookie_monster on 01/12/2005 21:36, refers to #203

yes. and it has nothing to do with pollution. anybody see "Day after Tommorrow" ? that movie was so stupid, it was basically a comedy. "Run from the cold, ahh!" lol... we didnt cause the first age, and we arent going to cause the second. We all to take a minute and realize that there are some things that are bigger than us and that we cant effect...

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#205: Re: ..

by tentus on 01/13/2005 04:18, refers to #204

and then we have the good sense to invent and distribute neuclear weapons. isn't hmanity great, that we can be a threat to what may be the only planet supporting sentient life (actually, considering the implications of that statement, perhaps that's not such a bad thing)

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#206: Re: ..

by staffy2005 on 01/13/2005 09:30, refers to #205

One guy wrote a 400 page book about his end of the world predictions. He says that in the 2060's we will need to make underground shelters to survive because of disease, radiation etc.

(I think he is a bit stoned but he has a PHD)

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#207: Re: ..

by staffy2005 on 01/13/2005 09:37, refers to #206

http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2005/drought_research.shtml

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#208: ps3 ;)

by staffy2005 on 01/13/2005 09:43

http://www.omind.net/data/3dworks/ps3.jpg

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#209: Re: ps3 ;)

by Pxtl on 01/13/2005 17:22, refers to #208

*ahem*

pardon my french but:

Those imbescillic asshattish feebleminded twats!

Sorry.

I only count 2 game ports. This is the single, solitary reason I find the PS2 inferior to its competition. Console gaming is meant to be social - 4-player party games are not a niche-market on the GameCube, they're mainstream. The PS2 relegates them to the ghetto of hardware-upgrade-required gaming. The PS3 is making the same mistake.

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#210: Re: ps3 ;)

by tentus on 01/18/2005 14:36, refers to #209

You mean the two controller slots? Yeah, that really surprised me pretty recently... I don't own, or intend to own, a ps1 or ps2 or ps3, so I had never taken a close look at the ps2, and hadn't realized that you had to buy extra hardware to go beyond two player. Pretty ridiculous. It had never occured to me that ps2 was so far behind in that regard, just because no ps2 players ever complain about it. Of course, I know a lot of ps2ers who still think it's the more powerful than the gamecube... oh well, power of propaganda.

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#211: Re: ps3 ;)

by Pxtl on 01/18/2005 16:04, refers to #210

That attitude can be explained by the library of games - GameCube games don't tend to have much in the way of gorgeous photorealistic graphics. Still, show me a PS2 title with the freaky paint and thermodynamic waving effects that you see in Mario Sunshine.

Still, imho Sony has always received the best set of creative smaller 3rd party developers - on Nintendo, almost all the innovative titles are supplied by Nintendo and Rare, and now Rare I think is moving to X-Box (never liked Rare games, personally - all too frustrating). Microsoft seems mostly to be getting very derivative, heavyweight titles.

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#212: Re: ps3 ;)

by tentus on 01/19/2005 14:10, refers to #211

True, Sony does attract 3rd party publishers, which is odd, becasue by all accounts (even sony itself), Nintendo holds the standard for ease-of-developement. That's one of the things being touted for the PSP, that it's *going to be* as friendly as Nintendo has been.

And really, Rare has really been letting the big N down recently... did anyone play Starfox Adventures? Beautiful game, but painfully bad gameplay. Studios like Retro (Metroid games) have been keeping the Gamecube going, along with classic series like Zelda (which slipped up a bit with the expirimental Four Swords, but got back into shape with Minish Cap).

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Ja, I'm a Nintendo fan. Shoot me. I liked the 64, love my Gamecube, and really really want a DS. Not that I despise my PC (far from it) or dislike my Xbox or Dreamcast (though they're getting there). I just like Nintendo's products better.

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#213: Re: ps3 ;)

by staffy2005 on 01/20/2005 11:16, refers to #212

I really liked rare's nintendo 64 games. (Even if i did just run them using an emulator)

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