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Comment Re:Easy strawmen to knock off?.. (Score 1) 881

by pete_norm (#30134500) Attached to: NASA Attempts To Assuage <em>2012</em> Fears

If the Sun was about to explode, would you really want to know about it?

There is absolutely nothing that we could do to prevent it, and there is nothing we could do to save ourselves... I would prefer not knowing and living a normal life, instead of living in fear for the last days of my too short life. Ignonrance is bliss sometimes.

Comment Re:Postal addresses identify houses!I (Score 1) 222

by pete_norm (#28771809) Attached to: P.I.I. In the Sky

It depends where you live... Where i live, the owner is fined for it, except if he can get someone else to testify that he was driving. In which case, the driver is fined. And they do take pictures from the front and back. It's all to save lives, i'm telling ya!

Comment Re:Still limited (Score 1) 297

by pete_norm (#28703871) Attached to: New Service Converts Torrents Into PNG Images

If TPB goes 100% legit then this becomes an easy way to distribute .torrents if you already have a twitter account and access to twitpic, just without the ability to browse by number of seeders/leechers.

When i read something like and i realize i have no idea what's being said, i just feel old...
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Bethesda Speaks On Gamebryo Engine, Final Fallout 3 DLC 101

Posted by Soulskill from the more-and-better dept.
PsxMeUP writes "Game Observer conducted an interview with Ashley Cheng, Production Director at Bethesda. He answered questions about the Gamebryo engine, why they prefer it over other engines and the advantages it presented while making Fallout 3. Cheng also talks a bit about what inspired their designers while making Fallout 3 and what is in store for the PS3. Apparently, much of the team has read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which inspired the look and story of Fallout 3. Bethesda, according to Cheng, will never create a game like Final Fantasy because the Gamebryo engine is better at handling 'open ended worlds ripe for exploration.'" Meanwhile, Bethesda's Jeff Gardiner spoke recently about the game's fifth and final DLC release, Mothership Zeta, which finds players aboard an alien spaceship in orbit. He said, "The player will have a handful of tasty alien technologies to play with. There are new fire arms and melee weapons, which will comprise the most powerful weaponry in the game."

Comment Re:Guilty conscience? (Score 1) 790

by pete_norm (#28594645) Attached to: Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet?

I'm sorry, i don't really care about percentage of earnings. What charities want to get is the most money possible. I really prefer getting 2 % of earnings from someone who earns 200000$ than 10% from someone who earns 20000. In the end, what matters is the real money given. The percentage of income discourse is just a way to try to pry more money from the rich (using guilt).

It's called charity. People should be able to give whatever amount they want to whoever they want. And no one should have a right to say a damn thing about it.

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