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by Kyouryuu
Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: NASA, money well spent...
Replies: 23
Views: 1812

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Spidey wrote:The ISS is a POS, and should be scuttled! :wink:
I don't know, I kind of agree with that. I don't understand why we didn't build a moon base instead. I have to believe that in the far off future, we'd be interested in colonizing planets. The ISS is like a houseboat. :P
by Kyouryuu
Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Whats to hide
Replies: 42
Views: 2762

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woodchip wrote:To be a CEO of a major company you would have to demonstrate some ability to run a company.
Oh, come on. You give Wall Street way too much credit! :P
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Firefox 3!!!!!!!
Replies: 43
Views: 4025

It's a lot faster than the decrepit 2.x series, which is more than enough reason for me get it.

Honestly, switching between Hammer Editor and Firefox was a freakin' chore.
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Whats to hide
Replies: 42
Views: 2762

Re: Whats to hide

NY Times is running a article of Lord Hussein tighting control over access and his image. Real mature, there. By the way, it's tightening , just so you know. I'm sorry, that was childish and didn't add anything to this conversation. I just feel compelled to point out unabridged zeal when I see it! :P
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:20 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Back to 55?
Replies: 24
Views: 1346

There's no question that going 55-60 saves an enormous amount of fuel and improves mileage. In a similar test, I was startled at the difference. I'd rather we not change the speed limit though, mainly because I think the oil bubble is bound to pop eventually. Hopefully all of that sweet crude will l...
by Kyouryuu
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:17 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Call out to all D2 level designers (old and new)!
Replies: 312
Views: 119990

Congratulations on more than 6,000 thread views. ^_^
by Kyouryuu
Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:16 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: NASA, money well spent...
Replies: 23
Views: 1812

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Agreed. The stuff NASA does to forward science and technology is just amazing. The fact that they do it on a budget which gets tighter and tighter every few years is just incredible. When you think about it, the fact that we got to the moon on 1960s technology makes the accomplishment even more awe...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ireland rejects EU reform treaty
Replies: 6
Views: 717

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CUDA wrote:Wiki is not a fact document, its an Opinion page
Normally, I'd make some kind of argument about all news stories being subjective on some level... but that is one poorly written Wiki entry. No wonder it's up for deletion.
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fairness Doctrine
Replies: 23
Views: 1095

You know what I think is idiotic? The fact that we have \"RIGHT\" radio networks and \"LEFT\" radio networks and never the twain shall meet. What is so damn hard about a radio network that doesn't take a side? Where the host isn't pushing an agenda down the listener's throats or ...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:37 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Copyright amendments bill to be unveiled Thursday - CANADA
Replies: 21
Views: 1322

I'm only pointing out a related bill making its way through the G8 that has similar implications to the Canada-specific bill, except its scope of jurisdiction is much broader. At least in Canada, this kind of thing makes news. Here, since the media is an all-encompassing juggernaut, it deliberately ...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:28 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Metal Gear Solid 4...
Replies: 8
Views: 1146

I don't have a PlayStation 3, but ever since Metal Gear Solid, I've admired the ambition behind these games. You can still look at MGS on the PSOne and be amazed at what they accomplished despite enormous technical limitations. I also loved the somewhat gimmicky (dare I say Bond-like) villains.
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Tim Russert
Replies: 2
Views: 519

This was pretty surprising news. I know that as geeky as this sounds, Meet the Press was part of my Sunday morning ritual every week. It's always a shock when you see the fellow on television hours before the event. Russert was an institution and the elections definitely won't be the same without him.
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:15 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: My first D1 SP level ever published
Replies: 5
Views: 2329

Re: My first D1 SP level ever published

Known issues: the exit tunnel(from the outside) ends in the wrong direction(I can't figure out how to make it exit to the right direction) You first need to note in what way is it the wrong direction. Then, use that information to disconnect that last cube in the tunnel from the others, rotate it c...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:54 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Greatest Evil of Today?
Replies: 65
Views: 3758

I think the biggest danger today is the modern economist. The economist has ushered in an age where corporations are more interested in appeasing invisible shareholders than their own work force. Every company has to grow, they insist. They invent the forecasts and blame companies for not meeting th...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Copyright amendments bill to be unveiled Thursday - CANADA
Replies: 21
Views: 1322

The problem is that the music industry HAS come up with a viable Internet business model. With Apple iTunes being second only to Wal-Mart, the RIAA and its cronies are firmly established on the Internet. They are making tons of money off the Internet now - they can't whine about piracy stealing away...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:51 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Copyright amendments bill to be unveiled Thursday - CANADA
Replies: 21
Views: 1322

This isn't a country specific thing. Right now, the G8 has an equally sinister plan on the fast track, spearheaded by its member countries.

It's ACTA and it's a nasty piece of work:
http://www.eff.org/action/sunlight-acta
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:39 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: 139 and climbing
Replies: 16
Views: 1078

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This is one of the reasons I really feel we need to cut back on all the aid we give away and start investing some of that money in our own infrastructure before it collapses and no one gets any aid for many years to come. Damn straight. There are many cases where I have to wonder what some of these...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:47 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: What happened to the Midnight Squadron Projects?
Replies: 13
Views: 1417

I swear, there is some kind of unspoken rule of mod design: \"He who starts by modeling random props is lost.\"

You could look up and down the Valve Wiki and find the same story over and over again.
by Kyouryuu
Sat May 31, 2008 5:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Funny, if it weren't so sad...
Replies: 22
Views: 1547

What's the point of this? If I wanted daily neo-conservative news, I'd have Fox News hooked up to my RSS feed.
by Kyouryuu
Sun May 25, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Two things happened last week:
Replies: 38
Views: 2491

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I am simply tired of the kind of broad-brush agenda-filled "outrage" propaganda posts here. They have a bit of truth, but are intended only to stir up hatred. They don't comment in them. Seriously, haven't you noticed how TB will start the post and then rarely, if ever, argue about it? It...
by Kyouryuu
Sun May 25, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: $1 billion for food stamps
Replies: 4
Views: 658

I remember sitting across from a booth in a restaurant where two women, presumably a mother and a daughter, were talking about how they were stiffing the government on food stamps. It was so easy, they said. Their advocate was so naive, they said. They talked about blowing some other subsidized gove...
by Kyouryuu
Sun May 25, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Hillary Clinton's fondest wish?
Replies: 110
Views: 5531

But that's putting the cart before the horse and presuming that because Obama would sit down with these countries, peace will happen. Even his most staunch supporters would have to admit that a lasting peace is unlikely in that part of the world. That said, we get absolutely nowhere without talking....
by Kyouryuu
Sun May 25, 2008 4:51 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Bill O'Reilly going ballistic!
Replies: 4
Views: 715

I'm not sure Comcast is \"right wing\" as much as they will appeal to any group that shares their stance on defeating net neutrality and giving them more power. It just so happens that more pro-business Republicans are for that viewpoint than Democrats, though it is a fairly bipartisan vie...
by Kyouryuu
Sat May 17, 2008 5:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Hillary VP
Replies: 24
Views: 1996

No worse than \"Operation Chaos.\" :roll: I can't see Hillary Clinton as a Vice President. If it were anyone but Clinton, it may be possible. The biggest problem with this argument has less to do with Hillary and more to do with Bill. I can't see Bill Clinton sitting quietly on the sidelin...
by Kyouryuu
Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: planet descent updates?
Replies: 29
Views: 2295

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Capm wrote:Trying being the key word. Nobody in power will do anything. Its much like the DBB in that way.

Even setting up a base platform at http://www.planetdescent.net has done nothing to spur anyone off their ass.
What the heck is your problem?
by Kyouryuu
Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:10 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: E&C - avoid religion and politics discussions. NO
Replies: 13
Views: 3081

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GIVEN A HIGHLY VISIBLE PROMINENT LINK RIGHT IN THE E&C FORUM'S DESCRIPTION ON THE MAIN PAGE. And you see how those prescriptions are followed, right? No harm, no foul. I think the rules are fine and they leave an "out" for moderation. If any political or religious discussion descends ...
by Kyouryuu
Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Going 'GREEN' is the new platitude.
Replies: 67
Views: 6265

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what's wrong with carbon credits/trading? They are a perfect way to put the TRUE cost of greenhouse gas emissions onto our wallets, so we'll do something about it. No, they don't. The rich companies simply buy enough carbon credits to allow them to keep polluting, the cost is passed right along to ...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:50 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: green efforts
Replies: 31
Views: 3152

Re: green efforts

I really have no idea what we are supposed to do about China... build a giant dome around it? :P Stop buying things from it. Yes, I know it's almost unavoidable. But we have to realize at some point that every cheap Wal-Mart purchase is a shot to our collective foot - more economically than environ...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:47 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Post pics of your Descent collections :D
Replies: 109
Views: 22378

I find it really impressive that the Definitive Collection is 3 CDs. Hard to believe there is actually 3 CDs worth of content to be had... XD
by Kyouryuu
Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:40 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Post pics of your Descent collections :D
Replies: 109
Views: 22378

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You know, I can't remember if the books are sequential and I don't quite remember if they are based on D2 or D3. D3 maybe? Very roughly, each sequential book follows the sequential game. I don't have much of a collection, but I do have a prettyful Descent poster hanging in my room. It's "The #...
by Kyouryuu
Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:17 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Call out to all D2 level designers (old and new)!
Replies: 312
Views: 119990

I would encourage you to think a little more about the color schemes of the robots. While they all look pretty good individually, when you start seeing them interact together in the mine, I have a feeling that their styles are going to clash. I think the Descent 3 approach of building robots based o...
by Kyouryuu
Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Windows 7 new OS in the works.
Replies: 28
Views: 1816

And I thought it was absurd for anti-virus companies to charge a yearly fee. That's just absurd. If Microsoft goes to a subscription model, they can count me out of updating to their OS. :P
by Kyouryuu
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:11 am
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: D2 polymodel editor...
Replies: 10
Views: 3073

You're going to need that Descent Network DLL pack. I think Tahoma is just the canary in the mine, so to speak. If you don't have Tahoma, you don't have the DLLs these programs expect. Not sure where to get this pack, though, but someone must know.
by Kyouryuu
Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:17 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Call out to all D2 level designers (old and new)!
Replies: 312
Views: 119990

It reminds me of Stitch. :lol:
by Kyouryuu
Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:30 pm
Forum: Other 6DoF Game Efforts
Topic: Ballmen: A Source Mod
Replies: 7
Views: 5128

Looks kind of fun. The characters remind me of Vectorman. :)
by Kyouryuu
Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:29 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: How come there were never AI control'd ships in Descent 1-3?
Replies: 13
Views: 4378

Descent 3's AI just wasn't smart enough to create a compelling human-like opponent.
by Kyouryuu
Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:28 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: Tigg SB
Replies: 4
Views: 3020

Someone just brought that up, actually. I can't seem to find the thread, but those were the ships. The game was done by Engage Games (or Elite Games?).
by Kyouryuu
Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:34 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: No Yoke about it. RIP Herb Peterson
Replies: 6
Views: 732

While I doubt that the Egg McMuffin was the first breakfast sandwich, it perhaps made the idea mainstream. I like making breakfast sandwiches for myself sometimes... they combine two things I love. Breakfast and sandwich. ^^
by Kyouryuu
Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:29 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: US Passports outsourced to Thailand?
Replies: 5
Views: 657

Do they really compute \"cost savings\" correctly? The jobs you are providing by keeping it here pay off in the long run.
by Kyouryuu
Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Interplay Back?
Replies: 74
Views: 8597

Like I said, I think they ought to port Descent and other key parts of their library to Xbox Live, PSN, or Steam. It couldn't possibly cost that much to do.