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In to retire the Phenom X4...

I think "Mayan-inspired markings" needs to be translated as "our design department got high on peyote while watching 'Apocalypto' then decided let's make a case or something, we're super creative right now! ... Hey, don't judge us." :D So yeah, just about 10 years since that was 2006.

Concrete-core chokes and hardened MOSFETs, apparently. Just curious as to why they want that as a qualifier. Either way, good luck to all and congratulations in advance to the winner.

Ugh, Marsha "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" Blackburn - has there ever been a story with her involved that didn't involve shameful stupidity and/or terrific avarice? She's a craven pawn of the ISPs and business interests over the good of the people. Don't ask her about climate change...

Had an A7V-8X back in the day, ran that poor thing into the ground. It managed to survive from 2003 until Fall 2009 [the audio chip went out, then the HD controller failed and I had to put it down Ol' Yeller style]. Still, good times - swapped the CPU once (2100+ to 3200+), really the first...

Retiring my HD5770 and everything it ever touched. Well, maybe not my brother, I still have use for him. But component-wise, everything.

Could use a new keyboard, this one should probably be disposed of by hazmat technicians.

Unfortunate, but it comes with the territory. Hopefully they can sort out what happened to correct the issue. In their shoes, carry on and name their first official vehicle in the deceased's honor or something. All this having been said, I didn't realize they were using a solid-propellant...

Is this what Bill O'Reilly got his whole mercenary world police idea from? Guess that means video games are dangerous to impressionable minds... BAN ALL THE THINGS!

Not sure what compelled them to choose this one - I couldn't stomach the rampant logical inconsistencies and outright stupid gimmicks. #1: You can only kill the giant space monster with a quasi-magical sword/spear in a specific spot. Also, the monster moves through space... how? #2: Clones...

I haven't written much for Wikipedia recently because the last couple times I tried to clean things up I: A] pissed off the PR department of a large defense manufacturer, which had written up an article on a piece of gear [a suspension kit for HMMVs or some such shenanigans] so full of...

Additionally, it was payback for the whole episode back in 1871 [end of the Franco-Prussian War], when a victorious Otto von Bismarck crowned Kaiser Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors, one of the most opulent bits of the palace. What better place to humiliate the Germans than the place where they...

Probably just because they test everything at Bill Gates' house. ;) Wikipedia entry on Bill Gates's house, Xanadu 2.0

As a Civ player, this should be obvious. I sold all my science buildings to save on the upkeep costs and the corporations... Wait, now I have no science. Well kids, it was a good run - now, who wants to learn about lost technology? :o

Holy mother of coincidence, the photo credit on that one. :eek:

Oops, forgot my smiley. Meant to write to imply that they would have to be doing something pretty crazy/stupid with bitrates to hit those numbers. After all, EA's stable's definition of music is pretty loose: Game Facts: BF3 Music ;)

Inclined to agree, even if they had a number of languages included for no other reason than to clutter drivers. 35GB does seem pretty odd, maybe they're just riding that 6.144Mbps E-AC-3 cap or something stupid like that [still 12 hours at that rate]. On a related note, if you're working on...

Goes into effect on April 1st... so we can assume this is almost as big a joke as the people who drafted this bill? :rolleyes:

Isn't that just Florida? :( The Daily Show Sketch: "Unjustified" with Jessica Williams I see your invisible text and raise you a FTFY.

OOOOH. Now that article from the other day about fabricating taser-proof clothing makes sense. Also, aren't we missing an obligatory SkyNet reference? ;)

Well, boil it down and you have big publishers/studios who have IPs that they are almost slavishly devoted to perpetuating and indie devs that are having to build up an IP, typically from scratch. From there, basic economics. The big studio has an IP, probably one they've acquired along the way...

Not to mention the lack of stereo input for depth perception, but I think the reason they made it stick out like an awful sore thumb was a mistake in the switch between prototyping and production. The only reason it should stick out like that is if you were trying different modules or something...

qft

Sadly, while this guy is basically pointing out the exploit without malicious intent, it only goes to prove the "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" AKA "If You Build It, [Expletive Choice]s will Ruin It" Law.

I appreciate the argument of reality v fiction/fantasy - we (typically - gonna overgeneralize here) play games to satisfy the escapist impulse i.e. the fact that life is not always rosy (along with dysfunctional governments, families, jerkbags, douchebags, et cetera). So I don't have an...

So there's what, 12.5% left?* ;) As long as the decay product is gold, I'm sold. *[assuming you start with 100% (0) > 50% (1) > 25% (2) > 12.5% (3)]

That's some nasty ransomware you got there. :eek:

Wait, I thought that was what we paid Israel for?

Two words: market fragmentation.

Wait a minute... Isn't half the damned draw of Deus Ex the hacking? This news story has a better plot line than half of the games that broke probably. :o

Wait, somebody guessed our security credentials!? :eek: NOOOOOO! They'd better have infinite lives because when our legal gets ahold of them, they'll need them!

I only wish I could say that's a browser issue... but I'm pretty sure it's just that Flash no longer plays Flash... :mad:

So no N/B/C... can I still use it if I'm making a laser powered by the chemical excretions of uranium-eating bacteria (if I can find some)? :)

ALERT! Sensors indicate that subject has spotted you! ENGAGE EVASIVE MANEUVERS!

TL;DR Version: Yeah, this isn't particularly new but maybe it works because nothing works like the fear of God smiting you. By showcasing how thoroughly hateful people are to each other to the point where they actually get referred to this system? The Tribunal system is pretty bare-bones: you...

Yeah, they *used to* have profiles on accounts. Then they decided they'd rather have more money. :rolleyes:

Sooo... the next-gen cards will be the Olympian? :p

What, no love for the smooth-faced attic residents? ;)

Oh my God, did AMD just make my decision on my next platform a real choice?! NICE.