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Living Room / Re: SimCity - EA shows us all how to ruin a landmark game with DRM.

« Last post by Deozaan on April 03, 2013, 02:49 PM »

Done it with a few games on PSN now, including DRM for games

-Stephen66515 (April 03, 2013, 08:41 AM)

You mean DLC for games? Why would you want to share DRM? And how does that even work?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Deozaan on April 03, 2013, 02:48 PM »

(see attachment in previous post)

-wraith808 (April 03, 2013, 10:13 AM)

While I agree with the sentiment, this is the silly humor thread. That's not silly humor.

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by Deozaan on March 29, 2013, 02:24 AM »

It's Springtime. Get yourself out there and fall in love. 

-40hz (March 28, 2013, 04:04 PM)

It ain't for lack of trying. 

...

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by Deozaan on March 28, 2013, 03:46 PM »

That was really cute. But a part of me doesn't like it because the cynic in me says that would never actually happen in real life. It's too implausible. Too scripted. But it sure is a cute, romantic idea.

-Deozaan (March 28, 2013, 03:09 PM)

Well, neither would Paperman.  

-app103 (March 28, 2013, 03:33 PM)

True. But Paperman was short enough that it was over before my brain started having those thoughts. I believe that's called Fridge Logic.

Potential Paperman spoiler

And also, the magical flying paper airplanes required extra suspension of disbelief.

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by Deozaan on March 28, 2013, 03:09 PM »

Just added to my top list. Less than 10 minutes long and absolutely brilliant. It's called Paperman and it's by... Disney?

 

-40hz (March 28, 2013, 07:16 AM)

If you liked that one, you'll probably like this one too.

-app103 (March 28, 2013, 11:56 AM)

That was really cute. But a part of me doesn't like it because the cynic in me says that would never actually happen in real life. It's too implausible. Too scripted. But it sure is a cute, romantic idea.

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Living Room / Re: Movies or films you've seen lately

« Last post by Deozaan on March 28, 2013, 02:52 PM »

I saw Jack the Giant Slayer a couple of weeks ago. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't that great.

It put me off right from the beginning with a CG sequence with such poor effects that I swear I've seen better from Barbie Dancing Princess movies that looked terrible in 2006. Unfortunately my opinion of Jack (the movie) never fully recovered after that, even though the effects were much better after that opening scene.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 - Four-Pack

« Last post by Deozaan on March 27, 2013, 11:04 PM »

PM sent.

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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone

« Last post by Deozaan on March 27, 2013, 10:42 PM »

TinyTinyRSS sucks.

At first it wouldn't work because of an error in its own code.
Then I had to upgrade PHP (which admittedly shouldn't count against TTRSS)
Then I had to figure out why it couldn't connect to the mysql database (I had to put the username/password/etc. in single quotes instead of double quotes, even though the file had the sample text inside double quotes)
I finally got it working to the point where I could login and configure it and then I tried to import my Google Reader subscriptions but it just encounters some more errors.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 - Four-Pack

« Last post by Deozaan on March 27, 2013, 10:20 PM »

Well, I bought the 4-pack anyway. So if anybody in the future wants the games, let me know and we'll arrange something. 

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Living Room / Re: Utah State University Unveils Wirelessly Charged Electric Bus

« Last post by Deozaan on March 27, 2013, 12:55 PM »

Can you imagine never having to stop to refuel again because the roads are powered everywhere you go?

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Living Room / Re: Google Reader gone

« Last post by Deozaan on March 27, 2013, 04:23 AM »

Lifehacker recently published a step-by-step on setting up TinyTinyRSS. Read it here.

They have an Android app available for it too.

-40hz (March 26, 2013, 07:24 PM)

I tried to set this up, but I'm getting an error:

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /index.php on line 98

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /index.php on line 98

Line 98 is:

[Select]

echo JShrink/Minifier::minify($p->get_js());

I commented out that line and now it works--sort of. Actually, it tells me that I need to use PHP 5.3.0 or newer. I guess I'm still on 5.2.x . . .

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Living Room / Re: The Ultimate List of Educational Websites

« Last post by Deozaan on March 26, 2013, 05:00 PM »

Never confuse can with should.

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by Deozaan on March 26, 2013, 04:51 PM »

I took a trip to Mandan, North Dakota this past month, and this is the view outside the window there:

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DC Gamer Club / Re: A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 - Four-Pack

« Last post by Deozaan on March 24, 2013, 10:11 PM »

Nobody wants in on the 4-pack?

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by Deozaan on March 24, 2013, 05:23 PM »

All those microwaves are keeping him warm.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for a free (and good) video conferencing solution

« Last post by Deozaan on March 22, 2013, 11:53 PM »

I don't really understand why you're okay with the idea of everybody signing up for and installing Skype on their machines (and paying for a membership)  but you don't like the idea of everybody signing up for a free Google account and not having to install anything...

But use what works best for you. 

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DC Gamer Club / Re: A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 - Four-Pack

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2013, 03:18 PM »

That's exactly why I created this thread.

Do you want in on the 4-pack, Ampa?

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DC Gamer Club / A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 - Four-Pack

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2013, 12:39 PM »

Hi folks,

I've had my eye on A Valley Without Wind since before the first one was released, but wasn't convinced it was worth the full price. So while I was waiting for it to go on sale, the sequel came out! Apparently the first one didn't quite live up to the developer's standards/desires so they made a whole new game and gave/packaged it with #1 for free, which is why the two games are bundled in one pack.

The quality difference between the two titles is fairly apparent:

So now the bundle is on sale on Steam, and I'm wondering if anyone here is interested in going in with me on a 4-pack. I've already got someone else interested, so I need two more people.

The game: A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2
At $11.24 for a four-pack, that comes out to about $2.81 per person.

Who's in?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommendation for a free (and good) video conferencing solution

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2013, 11:42 AM »

Google+ Hangouts?

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2013, 09:22 AM »

Some folks made a Beetle Juice Rollercoaster in Minecraft. It's actually pretty impressive, IMO.

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Living Room / Re: When it comes to EA, it just keeps getting better - or worse...

« Last post by Deozaan on March 20, 2013, 08:22 PM »

Ha! 

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Living Room / Re: Google Keep note-taking app spotted

« Last post by Deozaan on March 20, 2013, 03:44 PM »

And it's back:

Android: https://play.google.....google.android.keep
Web: http://drive.google.com/keep

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General Software Discussion / Re: free web storage service that offers the biggest amount of data?

« Last post by Deozaan on March 20, 2013, 01:36 PM »

The party is on. Make it rain gigabytes.

To celebrate Copy's launch, earn 5 GB of extra free storage for yourself and whoever you refer each time you introduce someone new to Copy. This is a limited time opportunity to rack up huge amounts of extra free storage while we build the initial buzz around Copy!

https://www.copy.com/bigger/

-rgdot (March 20, 2013, 12:38 PM)

No referral link? It would benefit anyone interested in creating an account since they'd get an extra 5GB.

If anyone wants to use mine, here it is: https://copy.com?r=eQsGOu

EDIT: Apparently the bonus 5GB doesn't get activated until you install either their desktop app or mobile app.

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Developer's Corner / Re: On finding partners and co-founders

« Last post by Deozaan on March 20, 2013, 01:30 PM »

It would be "like what Jim Morrison did with the Doors," he said. (Forgetting that Jim Morrison actually wrote all the lyrics and some of the music the Doors performed. Oh yeah...another minor detail...Jim could also sing a little. )

-40hz (March 20, 2013, 12:16 PM)

That's just details.

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Deozaan on March 20, 2013, 11:06 AM »

Does anybody really miss the early 60s?
 (see attachment in previous post)

-40hz (March 20, 2013, 10:29 AM)

You mean a time when it wasn't mandatory for both parents to work just to pay the basic bills?

-Renegade (March 20, 2013, 11:01 AM)

It still isn't mandatory for both parents to work. We just need to choose to live simpler lives. Most of the time such a decision will suffice.