sorry, you missed the first post. you were busy BSOD'ing.

hopefully they didn't screw up your credit rating. I hate phone companies.

s/he would then say every restaurant was absolutely amazing, but couldn't tell you why. or they'd say "it's like the french fries are like, partying in my mouth, but it's like a birthday party, maaaan." not so good for reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsNLbK8_rBY

are we the baddies?

as shown in comments above. What I'm wondering is if she could've gotten a job outside of NY and just chose not to move [either didn't like the area, didn't want to pay moving expenses, etc]. When I finished college, I had the luxury of picking if I wanted to stay in the area or go elsewhere. If I was unemployed now, I don't think I would've had the choice. Wonder if she was hoping to stay local to the area instead of moving to Wisconsin or North Dakota [or somewhere else she might not want to move to].

That would negate the lawsuit, I would think. Wonder if she'll take the ski channel job. In case y'all didn't see it, here's the link to the job offer she got.

amf2mod? I thought amiga audio file formats were so 80s!

perhaps you mean fog of war?

ooh, bad korea/starcraft joke. I'll be here all week. try the veal.

dying your hair won't hide bad punctuation and skipping of the spacebar. okay now I'm just being rude =P

some dudes prefer blondes or brunettes or redheads or whatever. just because someone likes blondes doesn't make them want an airhead. there are some who want the trophy girlfriend/wife type that ALSO happen to like blondes. the stereotype in movies and tv shows and comics portray blondes to be "more fun" which is why there is that crossover, but people like dumb brunettes, redheads, etc., and some like smart-as-hell blondes too.

the only thing that perpetuates it is when girls say something like "excuse me, I was having a blonde moment." stop doing it to yourselves and maybe it will die out.

the French sure love surrendering, even if it was to your gramps ;)

With Monkey Island: Special Edition just being released, does anyone read this and think of the mug o'grog puzzle for getting Otis out of prison?

First of all, this only polled IT Administrators. I know of departments where I work at [and even at my old jobs] where IT admins tried to talk users out of upgrading to XP, Vista [and I guess now, Win 7]. The problem is, the user is still the customer, and as much as you want to talk someone out of something, if they're the ones with the $$, you have to do the task.

I used to try to talk people out of switching to XP because 2K was much more stable and for simple things like word processing, internet browsing, etc. it was more than sufficient. But everyone wanted XP, so I'd help them upgrade [I'm talking both about work and for friends/family]. I recently installed a dual-boot Ubuntu/Win XP setup for my dad, and still he uses XP more. He wanted to be able to play around in the apps he used before, and if any of these companies are upgrading computers, you can bet that people will want the latest and greatest [assuming Win 7 is able to work the eye-candy into things].

TFA does cite economy as an issue, but most companies are probably thinking "Could it save me more money now to do a full-upgrade and not deal with the downtime later as I have to do it later?" and that might be a mitigating factor.

Simpsons DID IT!

Last I remembered, I liked when games like Super Mario Bros relied on putting you in a fantasy world that didn't try too hard to be "real." Sure, there were some real elements [human beings], but the baddies were strange, powerups were stranger [kanooki suit anyone?], and the game was a blast.

I like the "realism" of some games, but often I will go back and play an older game just because it's more fun. I'd rather fire up NHL 96 on PC than NHL 09 [notice I wasn't talking about Xbox 360 or PS3 here, but still, I prefer 96 to those in terms of gameplay]. I'd rather play the original UT to the dreck they're putting out now. It's not like the first game in every series is the best, but sometimes they find the right formula and butcher it in sequels. Rose-colored glasses or not, graphics are not everything. Look at games that stood the test of time such as Tetris. Most people would rather play the original than it's derivatives [including other puzzle games].

That being said, I'm super stoked for the new Monkey Island series. Graphically, not that impressive, but if the humour is good, it'll justify the purchase.

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you can try boolean equals() to see if they take up the same waste of space or not...

note to mods: disagreeing with a comment does not make it a troll or flamebait. parent has made a point which a lot of devs are thinking. s/he's not necessarily correct, but a lot of game companies [EA Sports for example] are refusing to release games on PC platforms due to worries about piracy. I don't see how piracy isn't affecting consoles because you can do that too, but admittedly it's easier on PC.

you know what else fixes piracy? making good games and charging a reasonable price for them. see: monkey island series [and new telltale games series']. episodic content that you can finish in a few hours, $35 for the whole lot or $9 an episode. why do we allow ourselves to pay upwards of $60 for games that we might only play a handful of times and never come back to versus ones we keep playing?

I'm pissed that EA cancelled NHL 10 for PC because it was supposed to compete with xbox360 and ps3 with the next gen graphics and interface, and then 2K sports cancelled NHL 2K10 for PC. I would've bought those games [both] on principle to show that people still care about hockey on PC [if they'd do something about it]. EA has phoned in the NHL series since 2005 or 2006, which is why I stopped buying them [no significant upgrades, only roster updates, still costing $40 a year]. if they sold the version my friends got on the xbox or ps3, I would've been first in line to buy it. oh well, I guess I'll spend my money elsewhere.

I still buy the Pro Evolution Soccer series on PC because it's GREAT and looks and plays like the consoles, but with the added benefit of playing on something I have, instead of a console that I don't have nor want to spend money on.