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Monday, November 26, 2007

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I've just posted this message on the MSNBC message boards.

I logged into MSN and saw the question - what do you want to speak out about... it inspired me to turn this ball of thoughts into a few sentences. There's so much more that just bothers me that I'd like to delve as "advice". With my life experience I can't really say it's the answer - but it's at least something to think about. I'd like to hear some discussion on the matter - give me some insight I lack.

I think why I do because I feel I'm open to ideas that can change. I hope others ideas can change too - thats the only way we'll evolve as a civilization. If we get to high up on our steel horses, we may miss what goes on around us.

Labels: oped, politics, ramble

posted @ 22:06

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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

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al·tru·is·tic [al-troo-is-tik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
2. Animal Behavior. of or pertaining to behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, often its close relatives.
[Origin: 1850–55; altru(ism) + -istic]

—Related forms
al·tru·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. charitable, generous, philanthropic; benevolent, unselfish.
—Antonyms 1. self-centered, selfish, mean.

Labels: commentary, ramble

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Ugg - it's always a drag when the ol domain registration expires.
I swear I'll just buy them all for the next 20 years!

This won't even post when I write it, says 48 hours but I'm hoping maybe by tomorrow?
Apparently I've been expired since the 1st, probably took 48 hours for the change to take effect.
I imagine the restration monkeys get a lot more volume now a days.

In any case I'm going back to elaborate on the bullet points...
.:step step step:.
.:skoink:. .:spab bap spab bap:.

// pssst (check below)-----v

Labels: alal, ramble, web

posted @ 21:43

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Saturday, September 29, 2007

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BioShock - EtchASketch Style

Sooooo much to blog:
weddings
So first there was my own wedding... then then Justin's... and now Jon's on Saturday.

baby
Not mine, Matt and Jenn had a baby - Charlotte is the baby's name and she's my new niece!
Of course everyone wants to talk about the young recently married couple's plans for children... undoubtedly comes up in any conversation within a given square footage of any given newborn, but for the moment (most of) the spotlight has shifted...
"Before we're 30" is the basic mantra, but who knows. I was amazed at how small the baby was, about 6.9 oz and barely had her eyes open the last time I saw her. There're pictures out there -- comment a link?

big e
The Big E was kind of lame this year, possibly due to the lateness at which we arrived. We took advantage of the last week before the end to get $5 entry after 5... unfortunately it was about 7 before we got there. Everything starts to close at 9 and by 10 they're pushing you out the door. Good thing we left when we did as we were only soaked to the skin in the last 10 secconds of the (by then) run to the car.

car
~ this is to remind me.

Labels: games, games for windows, ramble, update

posted @ 14:43

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Friday, June 08, 2007

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This article indicates wild animals are migrating towards the Chernobyl.

That got me to thinking about why the animals were coming back. The first thing that crossed my mind was that life wants to evolve, radiation helps that fact. Is there an instinct that drives these animals to a location that may help them evolve faster?

The other thought is that life is starting to emerge there again. First come the plants, then the plant eaters, then the plant eater eaters. So as things again started to grow, animals would naturally migrate back.

Of course I like the first thought better. I'd like to think that nature is self-preserving and animals are drawn to a force that could lead to very quick evolutionary leaps.

Lets skip the turtles, lets get some Teenage Mutant Ninja Minks going, those things are nasty!

Labels: ninjas, ramble

posted @ 16:15

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Saturday, January 20, 2007

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I'm collecting old PC games. I've been collecting them for some time, but each time I do a major hardware upgrade, or come upon games I forgot about - I like to pop them in and see what used to pass for "good".

Over the past couple weeks I've tried the following:
Metal Gear Solid 2
Wing Commander Prophecy
Start Trek: Next Generation - New Worlds
Sacrifice
Mech Commander 4 - Black Knights
True Crime

I'm still installing True Crime. 4 CDs of waiting. Console games play right off the disk, but since all consoles have predicible read speed - they can do that.
Metal Gear Solid and True Crime 2 that I had way back when but the DVD I backed them up on got damaged. I was able to find Metal Gear Solid 2 on Overstock for $12 on DVD and just found True Crime at EBGames today for $4.99 on CD. Amazing what you can find when scouring the racks.

Metal Gear worked pretty well with the XBox controller, but I had to remap the trigger axis to buttons in order to use them. It still looks ok, and will play at 2560 x 1600.

Star Trek was 1024 max, and crashed right before getting to actual game play.

Sacrifice played at 2560 x 1600 and was very 3D, incredibly simple world when comparing it to today's games. It was like a 3D Warcraft. I don't often have the patience for RTS.

Wing Commander Prophecy required a few fan made patches, but worked quite well. The best I could hope for was a "high quality" patch, which I think brought it up to 1024 x 768, fixed the audio skipping, and removed the interlacing from the video.
Mech Warrior 4 looked a lot better then I thought it would with 1600 x 1200. The landscape was, again, really barren - and my joystick doesn't feedback nor does it swivel left right, have a hat, or a throttle - all very useful in MW. I don't think I'm about to go buy a new Force Feedback joystick for the game, but it was fun, and if I feel like driving a mech I just may play it again.

True Crime is... yep, you guessed it - still installing.
Maybe this will be helpful for someone wondering if they should keep their old games, or wonder how they'll play on their new system.

I'm expecting to be able to go full res with True Crime, but something that surprised me - Battlefield 2142 runs incredibly at 2560 x 1600. I finally picked it up again after trading in my original digital download copy when it stopped being able to find the EA server regularly. It was $10 less and I now have an actual DVD.

I still had all my awards and score, so I'm not starting as a Private, makes it a lot more fun to pick up again. There are similarities to BF2, but 2142 is very well thought out. They get better with these Battlefield games every time they make a new one.

Labels: games, ramble

posted @ 18:15

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