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Comment Re:You lost me. (Score 2) 111

Do you know how to juggle? That question is not meant condescending. But when you know how, you'll realize juggling is a repeating motion but no repetitive montion. There's a slight but important difference. (assuming here that you just mean the 3-ball cascade, you can also add additional tricks). The difference being that your that the muscles in you arms and hands are constantly adjusting to you sucky way of throwing. (not just your sucky way, I mean in general).

Comment Tips to prevent RSI (Score 2) 111

- Learn to juggle. It's fun, it impresses people, it feels like a skill.
- Drink lots of water. (like a bottle of 1.5 liters a day explicitly) What the heck does that do against RSI? It makes you piss allot, which makes you change you posture more often preventing RSI. Also, it has other benefits. Like that it lowers the salt in your body, which we eat too much of.

Comment Re:Is Beck the only one? (Score 1) 1276

Interesting question; I'm from Europe and I can pretty much guarantee you that Beck is a typical American phenomenon. I wouldn't say Americans are 'like that' or something. I like them, and, working in IT I have worked with many of them and haven't met one single asshole among them. But the sensationalism aspect is really typically American. I have recently discussed this with my sister in law. She's a doctor of sociology. We basically ended up with the theory that "conspiracy theorists with such depth and wide-reaching audiences that have radio or television programs" can only happen in macro-democratic-capitalistic-economies where a (relative) micro-organization still has significant funds, viewers and money. (She explains it better) In the Netherlands a guy like Beck loses his audience, doesn't have a core/enough people to keep him funded and will disappear quietly. Sorry for possible typos.

Comment Re:So basically a very expensive K11? nice (Score 1) 782

Never heard of that weapon. Looks like the XM25 isn't so original after all. This K11 seems to do the exact same thing. However, I can imagine the US army wanting a home-made version of it. You would be too dependend on the Koreans releasing future versions. Also, I don't know what the political impact would be nowadays if the US would decide to buy 12+ thousand weapons from the south-Koreans.

Comment We're going through the same thing (Score 1) 418

I know exactly what you mean. I have a pretty busy life, I'm a parent now, I have my sports, my full-time job and my night-school. Always stuff to do. When I'm relaxing it's more and more with my family but I'm also a gamer, who sometimes, when the wife and son are not around, turns on the 360 to have an uncomplicated, immersive gaming experience.

And that's when the trouble begins. As of late I have found myself increasingly less (is that english?) engaged by most mainstream games. I thought about what had happened and I discovered that over the years (while thinking I had a broad gaming interest) my gaming interest had shrunk in scope and size. I can't be bothered anymore to play anything I don't want to play or thurougly enjoy to play. I used to be less complicated.

I have to charish my gaming needs, because it can actually deminish. The way to do that is to make it feel like work. Recently I played L4D2 which should be my kind of game (Zombies, FPS) but it dissapointed me very. (just my opinion, not starting a discussion about a particular game here). After that, I did't play for weeks because I 'did't feel like it'. I assure you, that never used to happen.

My advise to you is, and this has worked well for me: cherry-pick. This seems obvious but it isn't. Cherry-pick the hell out of it. This can mean that you need to invest into several consoles and a PC. These are the games that sparked my gaming mojo lately: Mass Effect2 (360), BioShock2 (360/PS3), Drake's Fortune2 (PS3), StarCraft II (PC).

Basically what I am saying is that there are allot of gems. Don't be afraid to invest in a console to get them. That's one time expendature. Never play a game because it's the next big thing but inform yourself well through site like gamerankings.com. If it scores 90%+ there and it has 30+ reviews, you can almost bet it's a good game. I love that site.

Comment Re:Hey Microsoft! (Score 1) 200

This is what is called innovation. This is people doing different things with your Kinect device than you had ever dreamed of yourselves. Sorry you didn't think of it all yourselves.

That's right, because after hundreds of millions of dollars and years in the MS R&D department some of the most bright minds in computer science haven't thought of ANYTHING these hackers are doing. And, as we speak, they are in NO WAY developing further commercial uses for the device. Yup, they want to keep Kinect confined to 'Dance Central' forever.

douche.

Microsoft

Microsoft Facing Class-Action Suit Over Xbox Live Points 107

An anonymous reader tips news that a lawyer in Pennsylvania has filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that the company's handling of Xbox Live transactions is, in some cases, fraudulent. "Samuel Lassoff, of Horsham, PA, said an invoice he received earlier this month from Microsoft included charges for purchases he couldn't complete due to a balky download system — and he claimed it wasn't an accident. Microsoft 'engaged in a scheme to unjustly enrich itself through their fraudulent handling' of his account, Lassoff charged in papers filed earlier this week in US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania. ... 'Microsoft breached that contract by collecting revenues for digital goods and services which were not provided,' Lassoff said in his lawsuit."
Games

Dead Space 2 Announced 56

Electronic Arts announced on Monday that their popular survival-horror game Dead Space is officially getting a sequel. According to the press release, it's being developed for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. There's speculation that Dead Space 2 may include some form of multiplayer, after an EA job opening was spotted on LinkedIn that mentioned multiplayer level design for the franchise.

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