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BIOSHOCK UP THE ASS!
August 21st 2007, 18:41 CEST by Dumdeedum Quoth Wikipedia: BioShock is an action-adventure, survival horror first-person shooter video game by 2K Boston/2K Australia (previously Irrational Games.)[5] So now you know. There's lots of other details, plot and stuff, but mostly we're here because it's one of our "event games", a game everyone buys and then we play it together and compare notes and spoil the plot for each other and so on. There's also a fair chance that either Bob, Gaggle or Hugin will decide they hate it and everyone else will insult them for it. |
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Hey, Matt. 160GB of music* for cheap! *not actual music** **not even a referral link. I could've. |
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Yot, transfer your songs to a PC and use QTF. Each song is fixed in like 6 seconds a pop. That could read: "Reboot into Windows…", etc., right? Or even "start Parallels…", etc.? I don't mean to be snarky, they're honest questions. "I'm not even angry / I'm being so sincere right now."
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Gabe must dress like a terrorist when he flies, or it's a new rule. I never had to turn off my DS or my Librie when I flew. They tell you to turn off ALL electronic devices during takeoff and landing. You can use them during the rest of the flight (phones have to be set to "airplane" mode or something). I know this because I just flew, and because every time I fly I find myself imagining a short film in which a child turns on his DS during takeoff and causes the entire plane to explode in a giant fireball. I'm fun to sit next to on planes. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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I've never heard of 'Airplane' mode. How is it different than 'my cell phone is turned on' mode? |
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That could read: "Reboot into Windows…", etc., right? Or even "start Parallels…", etc.? whatever works. "Testiculos habet et bene pendentes" � "He has testicles, and they dangle nicely."
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jj, well, there's one big difference. In "cell phone is turned on mode" the cellphone is, well, on, and in airplane mode it's… off. But you still have access to media playback, calendar, even sms'ing that'll get queued into the outbox. Most of the functionality, with zero emission. Hooray! "I'm not even angry / I'm being so sincere right now."
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#2004 by jjohnsen I've never heard of 'Airplane' mode. How is it different than 'my cell phone is turned on' mode? It turns off radio functions. |
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Yeah, it's as if you didn't have a SIM card in... oh wait, you don't have those. Or do you? I never quite bothered to figure out how cell phones work over there. #10 - Why not both come out of a window?
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#2008 by anaqer Yeah, it's as if you didn't have a SIM card in... oh wait, you don't have those. Or do you? I never quite bothered to figure out how cell phones work over there. Some do, some don't. In Canuckistan most of them don't except for Fido. |
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Yep, basically "airplane mode" just turns off any sort of transmission from the phone so you can still use all of the other functions. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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Just to bring these two threads together, I consume the vast majority of my books in audiobook format. On an iPod. There's a huge public library near me that carries books on CD, so I go there, check some out (unabridged, of course, abridged audiobooks suck), rip them, and return them. This lets me read during time that's normally wasted (say, an hour to an hour and a half round trip commute each weekday) or to multitask (like working out or mowing the lawn). It's the best way for me to read. And as far as audio vs. print goes, I'd put my comprehension and retention of an audiobook up against any paper book that I've read. It's actually often better. The only limitation is that it obviously doesn't work well for books that have graphics, charts, tables, pictures, etc. So I read the paper version of those. |
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Listening to audiobooks is not reading, don't call it that. |
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The differences are trivial and it's easier to type. And I guess I shouldn't ask my 3-year old daughter if she wants to read a book tonight? I should say "would you like to listen to me read a book out loud?" |
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You should say "Do you want daddy to read TO you?" Seriously, eyes and ears are different organs. But yeah, it's not a big deal. I suppose I am being an ass. |
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You suppose? You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religions. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, intelligent enough. --Aldous Huxley
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Audiobooks are highly inefficient. I can read a book in 2-3 hours that takes 10+ hours for a narrator to read to me. Also, I'm not 3 anymore, I can read my own books now. It isn't a Fallout game unless I use my pickpocketing skill to place a ticking dynamite bomb into the pockets of an 8 year old boy.
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I read faster than I listen, too, but try doing it while driving, working out, or mowing the yard. I read paper books, too. |
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#2016 by Qmanol Audiobooks are highly inefficient. I can read a book in 2-3 hours that takes 10+ hours for a narrator to read to me. Also, I'm not 3 anymore, I can read my own books now. Jeez, way to suck the fun out of everything, Mr. Efficient. I pity your daughter. You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religions. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, intelligent enough. --Aldous Huxley
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I'm going to go all Cliff's Notes for mega-efficiency. I should have the works of Shakespeare done by this weekend. Game Developers: Don't forget the zombie monkeys.
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I'll start you off with three: Romeo and Juliet: Two kids fall in love, kill themselves Macbeth: Guy kills king, gets killed himself Julius Caesar: Guy gets killed by friends, most then end up dead |
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Thanks for the spoiler warnings, jerk. |
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The statute of limitations on spoilers runs out after 350 years, so I'm quite safe. |
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Let me spoil all Shakespeare's works for you then: Pretty much everybody dies. Any game where competence can be measured by the amount of clicks per minute is not a strategy game.
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Apart from the comedies, where someone dresses up as someone else and from the confusion hilarity ensues. MP3 Of The Week: The Dirty Backbeats - The Bop.mp3 (?)
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Care to write a review? |
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Let me spoil all Shakespeare's works for you then: Pretty much everybody dies. Sweet. This has been some super mega-efficient reading. Now on to Greek tragedies. Game Developers: Don't forget the zombie monkeys.
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Greek tragedies are basically the same thing, only with far more bastard children. Any game where competence can be measured by the amount of clicks per minute is not a strategy game.
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#2027 by Ashiran Greek tragedies are basically the same thing, only with far more bastard children. And don't forget the incest. There's always incest in Greek tragedy. |
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Jeez, way to suck the fun out of everything, Mr. Efficient. I pity your daughter. Reading to kids is different. Speed of intake of information is not the primary factor of enjoyment for them. But for me, I'm usually consumed by the desire to know what happens next, dammit, and I thus want to find out as fast as possible without actually just skipping to the end. It isn't a Fallout game unless I use my pickpocketing skill to place a ticking dynamite bomb into the pockets of an 8 year old boy.
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Qmanol speaks truth. Also, I occasionally need slower pace than read word. |
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THE FEBRUARY 2008 WHACKY SURVEY IS OUT WHY BOTHER ??? ...ONLY BECAUSE YOU COULD WIN A FERRARI ENZO!!!!!! § Pimp of Mario's World. Hater of society. §
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Last post. Any game where competence can be measured by the amount of clicks per minute is not a strategy game.
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Finished! |
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Excellent! |
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Yeah, it took a while. I bought it on release but for various reasons didn't get to complete it until this week. |
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