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Comment: Re:Good (Score 1) 407

by BurningFeetMan (#39528643) Attached to: Best Buy Closing 50 Stores
Real men build their own PC. Why buy a desktop in store, when you can order all the parts from the cheapest vendor online, then build the computer yourself? Here in Australia, we use;

http://www.staticice.com.au/

Spend a couple of hours reading reviews on motherboards, graphics cards etc, then hit up Staticice for the cheapest prices, and then wait a couple of days as all the parts arrive. This is much more fun than any in store bought experience.

Comment: Re:Natural Selection at work (Score 1) 489

by BurningFeetMan (#39225697) Attached to: Is Poor Numeracy Ruining Lives?
Thanks to Khan Academy, I did do that in my head in about a second!

I know division, whoa...

Khan Academy has been the absolute bees-knees for myself in MASSIVELY improving my maths skills. All the stuff I'd either forgotten from high school due to not using thus losing it, or even the stuff I never could understand, is now all making a lot of sense. Sites like Khan Academy should reaffirm hope in everyone concerned about the future of education.

Comment: I'm not worried... (Score 1) 543

by BurningFeetMan (#38833675) Attached to: Xbox 720 Might Reject Used Games
Most of the games that I buy on Gog.com, GamersGate.com & Steam are between $2 - $10, I couldn't care less about trading them or selling them on. In thinking that I spend hours, if not days playing these cheap games, in comparison to a cup of coffee which costs $3.50, I've got nothing to complain about. Further to this, I still have all my games that I've collected as a kid. In that I've never sold any games in the past, why would I start worrying about doing so now?

Further to this, I've noticed lately that I'm finding myself too lazy to rummage through my box of old floppies & CD's, and instead I'm simply repurchasing my favourite games of yesteryear as a download. Total Annihilation, Constructor, Rise of the Triad... The install, the patches, the compatibility hacks are all automated, meaning that once the game's installed I don't have to fuck with it for 2 hours to get it running on Windows 7 64-bit.

TLDR;
I paid the internet $10 to download and install my favourite classic games that I already own cause I'm lazy. But hey, I have games to play, I'm a busy man! I don't have time to rummage through storage boxes!

Comment: Re:Obligatory turd in punchbowl (Score 2) 521

by BurningFeetMan (#38221406) Attached to: Fighting Mosquitoes With GM Mosquitoes
A gradual approach can sometimes work against you; have a read about the history of rabbits in Australia;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbits_in_Australia

If the CSIRO had released both Myxomatosis & Calicivirus at the same time, I'm assuming we'd have much less of a rabbit problem here in OZ.
Half doing something can sometimes lead to total failure, as opposed to 100% success rate if done correctly and at full potential.

Surprise due today. Also the rent.

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