RITA'S XXXVII: Habits Old and New

[Tadhg]

Coke and Pepsi are just poor substitutes for coffee. The world would be a better place if everyone had access to coffee all the time.

[Puma]

Been cheery at 7 AM.

It's not natural.

I tend to not be cheery but I like being up early because it is quiet and I can slowly ease into the day at my own pace.

[jessecuster3]

Holy crap! No emails, no voice mails, no previous day work to get done...

[Typo Lad]

Hey Jesse... sorry I was such a poo-head last night. No idea why I was so bitchy.

I did think you were out of line, but I was far, faaar worse.

I await my ban that I am sure is coming.

In other news, the mods on my local community eList are getting on my nerves.

[Dreadstar]

Is it a sign of mid-life crisis that, as age 40 approaches in October, I'm thinking of getting a tattoo....specifically, the Japanese symbols for peace - heiwa -- put on my shoulder?

Someone tell me I'm either crazy or not crazy at this point.

You're not crazy.


hmmm....



Is there a Japanese symbol for "me love you long time?"

[Dreadstar]

Coke and Pepsi are just poor substitutes for coffee. The world would be a better place if everyone had access to coffee all the time.

Well, I can personally guarantee the population would decrease.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Ah, Persona 3 and new comics today. This might actually be a happy day for me.

[Dreadstar]

OK, this made me laugh uncontrollably:



http://pst.rbma.com/content/Zits?date=20070815

[Jared_Humpherys]

OK, this made me laugh uncontrollably:



http://pst.rbma.com/content/Zits?date=20070815

Getting an error message for me.

[Tadhg]

Been cheery at 7 AM.

It's not natural.

But the morning is a fantastic time of the day. It's the time of day where the potential rest of the day is full of wondrous possibilities before the certainties make sure the day has ground you into the dirt.

[Dreadstar]

Getting an error message for me.

Yep, they block direcet link it seems.

Sorry, I'll re-Edit when I can get into Photobucket, which is also down, it seems.

[jessecuster3]

OK, this made me laugh uncontrollably:



http://pst.rbma.com/content/Zits?date=20070815

I have had enough of your metatextual posting!

[Jared_Humpherys]

But the morning is a fantastic time of the day. It's the time of day where the potential rest of the day is full of wondrous possibilities before the certainties make sure the day has ground you into the dirt.

So morning, for me, lasts about 15 seconds, then.

[Puma]

I have a favorite new channel, Setanta Sports. Soccer, rugby, aussie rules, yay!

[Tadhg]

So morning, for me, lasts about 15 seconds, then.

That short? Mine lasts a good 30 minutes as I drive into work and sit down at my desk.

[Jared_Humpherys]

That short? Mine lasts a good 30 minutes as I drive into work and sit down at my desk.

I am a chronic worrier. My morning lasts only as long as it takes for my GAD to warm up.

[Dreadstar]

Anyway, this is the Zits strip that had me laughing.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/Aliaswit/Zits.gif

[jessecuster3]

So do you hate my avy contest?

[Puma]

http://www.comics.com//comics/getfuzzy/archive/images/getfuzzy2916580070813.gif

[Ronald Bryan]

For the record, it's cool for you folks to fight and all that. I don't expect people to be all hugs and kisses all the time. And it's cool to not like everyone, and even say you don't like another poster.

Just do not let it devolve into insults and nonsense like that.

That's both a deevolution AND an escalation, and it just isn't gonna fly, so just putting that warning out there - do not seriously start calling other posters "assholes" or "douchebags" or whatever.

I will hand out some bans, so be forewarned for when I get, "What? Why did ____ get banned?," etc.

-Brian
You're such a ------

[Ronald Bryan]

So do you hate my avy contest?
Yes.


What is it?

[Matt Algren]

So do you hate my avy contest?
No, but I do think I'm bowing out this week.

[Ray R.]

Ray

If it were me - I wouldn't do it. Watching the way my body has shifted over the last 15 years makes me glad that I didn't get a tatoo when everyone I knew was getting them circa 1990.

If you are going to do it - make sure you know want to see it there in 10 years, 20 years etc...

Personally, I think you should get a CCA stamp tatoo.

Yeah. I knew I'd get voices of reason here. I have shifted pretty significantly in the last fifteen years or so myself. Gravity is a cruel mistress.

The CCA stamp is a cool idea. Not looking for a huge tat though, so that might be problematic.

Matt's right though, that it should be unique. Maybe I could run a contest here in CBR and pick the best entry. I'll then take a picture of the tattoo and post it for posterity.

No superheroes, dragons, cartoon characters, kanji/yin yang/barbed wire/peace symbols, or other cliched stuff that's going to get me laughed out of the retirement home and roundly ridiculed by my grandkids.

Hmmmm......

[Guapo Méndez]

Man, I hate when my own password protection ways defeat me.

I used to have a great memory for numbers. There was a time I had 10 different email addresses, each with a 16 digit alphanumeric password.

Over time, I forgot all of them.

Well, now I have three accounts that need alphanumeric passwords. I have written clues in a couple of places, so I can recall them when needed. The clues point in one way...and I know it is not the way the password lies. It's merely a reminder of what the password can be.

Well, today I was stumped for a while trying the clue of the password, thinking it *was* the password.

Thank God I gave myself a mental slap and remembered the right way.

[Ray R.]

Man, I hate when my own password protection ways defeat me.

I used to have a great memory for numbers. There was a time I had 10 different email addresses, each with a 16 digit alphanumeric password.

Over time, I forgot all of them.

Well, now I have three accounts that need alphanumeric passwords. I have written clues in a couple of places, so I can recall them when needed. The clues point in one way...and I know it is not the way the password lies. It's merely a reminder of what the password can be.

Well, today I was stumped for a while trying the clue of the password, thinking it *was* the password.

Thank God I gave myself a mental slap and remembered the right way.

I am gradually trying to make all my Internet passwords the same one, because I can't remember them.

No, it isn't "loser123."

[jessecuster3]

I am gradually trying to make all my Internet passwords the same one, because I can't remember them.

No, it isn't "loser123."

pathetic456?

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Yeah. I knew I'd get voices of reason here. I have shifted pretty significantly in the last fifteen years or so myself. Gravity is a cruel mistress.

The CCA stamp is a cool idea. Not looking for a huge tat though, so that might be problematic.

Matt's right though, that it should be unique. Maybe I could run a contest here in CBR and pick the best entry. I'll then take a picture of the tattoo and post it for posterity.

No superheroes, dragons, cartoon characters, kanji/yin yang/barbed wire/peace symbols, or other cliched stuff that's going to get me laughed out of the retirement home and roundly ridiculed by my grandkids.

Hmmmm......

Here's my suggestion:

http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/eye-tricks/optic-pictures/skeleton-neck-tattoo.jpg

[jessecuster3]

Here is another good look for you Ray:

http://www.theenigmalive.com/images/Nigma-1.jpg



First you have to get your whole body tattooed as an empty jigsaw puzzle. Then go around the world and have tattoo artists fill them in.

[Ed Cunard]

Yeah. I knew I'd get voices of reason here. I have shifted pretty significantly in the last fifteen years or so myself. Gravity is a cruel mistress.

Safe places: shoulders, arms, and legs. Less change over time.

The CCA stamp is a cool idea. Not looking for a huge tat though, so that might be problematic.

Not really--you could probably get one that would look decent no bigger than three inches across. I like the idea, myself.

Matt's right though, that it should be unique.

Yeah, I wish I wouldn't have gotten my early, lame tattoos.

[jessecuster3]

Yeah, I wish I wouldn't have gotten my early, lame tattoos.


But you are happy with your later, lame tattoos?

[Ed Cunard]

Totally.

Well, as happy as miserable people like me get, at least.

[Jeff Brady]

Totally.

Well, as happy as miserable people like me get, at least.

Jeez. I turn avatars back on, and Ed has Brian's O-Face.

Back off they go!

[Guapo Méndez]

Superman's shield is the only tat I've ever considered.

Someday.

[jessecuster3]

Jeez. I turn avatars back on, and Ed has Brian's O-Face.

Back off they go!

I think it is kind of hilarious.

[jessecuster3]

Superman's shield is the only tat I've ever considered.

Someday.

You, Shaq, and Ahman Green.

[Matt Algren]

Yeah. I knew I'd get voices of reason here. I have shifted pretty significantly in the last fifteen years or so myself. Gravity is a cruel mistress.

The CCA stamp is a cool idea. Not looking for a huge tat though, so that might be problematic.

Matt's right though, that it should be unique. Maybe I could run a contest here in CBR and pick the best entry. I'll then take a picture of the tattoo and post it for posterity.

No superheroes, dragons, cartoon characters, kanji/yin yang/barbed wire/peace symbols, or other cliched stuff that's going to get me laughed out of the retirement home and roundly ridiculed by my grandkids.

Hmmmm......
Just don't get a tramp stamp. Especially a Wolverine tramp stamp.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/1068681354_eddb761e2a_m.jpg

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HAHAHA. I'm posting this as a link. It's a bit off color, but a bit more funny. Click if you dare!!! (http://www.ubersite.com/m/12464)

[Michael P]

Just don't get a tramp stamp. Especially a Wolverine tramp stamp.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/1068681354_eddb761e2a_m.jpg

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HAHAHA. I'm posting this as a link. It's a bit gross, but a bit more funny. Click if you dare!!! (http://www.ubersite.com/m/12464)

Hahahahahahahahaha!

[jessecuster3]

HAHAHA. I'm posting this as a link. It's a bit off color, but a bit more funny. Click if you dare!!! (http://www.ubersite.com/m/12464)


Hilarious.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

You, Shaq, and Ahman Green.

Ahman has Batman.

Just don't get a tramp stamp. Especially a Wolverine tramp stamp.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/1068681354_eddb761e2a_m.jpg




That is tragic.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Toys R Us broke the street date on Bioshock a week early, and I'm stuck here at work.

How cruel the fates are.

[Guapo Méndez]

Just don't get a tramp stamp. Especially a Wolverine tramp stamp.


Never understood the appeal of those tats. I'd like a tattoo in a place I can see it unassisted. Or what? They are putting the tat there for someone else's benefit?

[Ray R.]

[QUOTE=Matt Algren;5308560]Just don't get a tramp stamp. Especially a Wolverine tramp stamp.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/1068681354_eddb761e2a_m.jpg

There isn't enough alcohol in six counties to make me even consider that.

I would consider a copy of the cover of Wolverine #55 splayed across my chest, though.

[Ray R.]

Never understood the appeal of those tats. I'd like a tattoo in a place I can see it unassisted. Or what? They are putting the tat there for someone else's benefit?

Something to read while she's leaning against the dumpster.

[jessecuster3]

Never understood the appeal of those tats. I'd like a tattoo in a place I can see it unassisted. Or what? They are putting the tat there for someone else's benefit?

There is a friend of mine that has a really nice design tattoo on her lower back.

It was given to her, while it was being given to her...

[Guapo Méndez]

I always read those "Downstairs loft for rent by owner."

[Forefinger]

Cover contest is up. I had no idea that I would ever win one.

[Matt Algren]

Never understood the appeal of those tats. I'd like a tattoo in a place I can see it unassisted. Or what? They are putting the tat there for someone else's benefit?
That's why they're called tramp stamps. They're there for aim.

[Ed Cunard]

He put it there for OrcBreath's benefit.

[jessecuster3]

He put it there for OrcBreath's benefit.

Was he finally banned or exposed? I haven't seen hide nor hair.

[Matt Algren]

Was he finally banned or exposed? I haven't seen hide nor hair.
I don't think he's been banned, but he hasn't been around. He also hasn't updated his blog, which yes, I bookmarked.

[ragnarok_2012]

Man, I hate when my own password protection ways defeat me.

I used to have a great memory for numbers. There was a time I had 10 different email addresses, each with a 16 digit alphanumeric password.

Over time, I forgot all of them.

Well, now I have three accounts that need alphanumeric passwords. I have written clues in a couple of places, so I can recall them when needed. The clues point in one way...and I know it is not the way the password lies. It's merely a reminder of what the password can be.

Well, today I was stumped for a while trying the clue of the password, thinking it *was* the password.

Thank God I gave myself a mental slap and remembered the right way.

The podcast Security Now had an interesting idea for passwords:

Come up with one or more password algorithms. If necessary, write the algorithms down and keep them in your wallet. You use the website's name or URL as part of the process of generating the password (and of course, they recommend that it include letters and numbers).

If somebody gets the algorithm, there's a good chance they won't even know what they've got (so your password would still be safe).

Here's a copy of the Security Now transcript (http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-004.htm).

Though it takes me a small amount of time, I can memorize 25-digit numbers. There's a mneumonic system for it that works quite nicely.

[Lone Ranger]

The CCA stamp is a cool idea. Not looking for a huge tat though, so that might be problematic.


How about just a delivery date stamp or something scribble to make you look like you're part of the Edgar Church or Lamont Larson collection?

The woman who cut my hair when I was a kid had a very simple, black tatoo of The Saint . To this day, it's still one of the coolest tatoos I've every seen.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/saint.jpg

[Guapo Méndez]

The podcast Security Now had an interesting idea for passwords:

Come up with one or more password algorithms. If necessary, write the algorithms down and keep them in your wallet. You use the website's name or URL as part of the process of generating the password (and of course, they recommend that it include letters and numbers).

If somebody gets the algorithm, there's a good chance they won't even know what they've got (so your password would still be safe).

Here's a copy of the Security Now transcript (http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-004.htm).

Though it takes me a small amount of time, I can memorize 25-digit numbers. There's a mneumonic system for it that works quite nicely.

Mnemotecnia saved my bacon a few times studying for my college mid-terms.

One of my favorite passwords was:

Question: James Bond's Main Villain
Answer: gunmetalgrey

(and the password was BondsBentley).

[Dreadstar]

I saw the Overstreet's Price Guide when I picked up 3 comics today (big day for me, too bad they were out of last week's P.S. 238).

Does anyone still buy those?

[Lone Ranger]

I saw the Overstreet's Price Guide when I picked up 3 comics today (big day for me, too bad they were out of last week's P.S. 238).

Does anyone still buy those?


I do - ever year. It's like Christmas when it comes out.

I track the pricing changes year to year - but I love all the photos and information. I always find some new and obscure bit of info everytime I read it.

Steve Ditko drew a Chuck Norris comics, who knew?

I also love the ads and market reports - great fun for me.

[Lone Ranger]

Just got back from Kat's doctor's office. The baby is doing fine - hearbeat was 150 and the head is down.

We are both convinced it will be a boy, perhaps because that is all that we know.

In other non-news - Logan has a rash, we think it is from his sunscreen.

In trying to prevent him from getting red, we made him look like a tomato.

[Ray R.]

I do - ever year. It's like Christmas when it comes out.

I track the pricing changes year to year - but I love all the photos and information. I always find some new and obscure bit of info everytime I read it.

Steve Ditko drew a Chuck Norris comics, who knew?

I also love the ads and market reports - great fun for me.

I do the same. Overstreet has lost quite a bit of relevancy due to eBay, though.

[Ray R.]

Just got back from Kat's doctor's office. The baby is doing fine - hearbeat was 150 and the head is down.

We are both convinced it will be a boy, perhaps because that is all that we know.

In other non-news - Logan has a rash, we think it is from his sunscreen.

In trying to prevent him from getting red, we made him look like a tomato.

That's great news, Scott. Congrats.

Benadryl might help with the rash if it's an allergic reaction. My daughter had a similar issue when she was little.

[Lone Ranger]

I do the same. Overstreet has lost quite a bit of relevancy due to eBay, though.

Oh, so true.

DC Silver moves for a fraction of Overstreet - some strange stuff (mostly obscure horror, esoteric Golden Age stuff) can go way over Guide. I've found that early Marvel Silver (pre-1965) really attracts attention too.

For all of its flaws, eBay has become the most accurate comic book exchange - it's quite a democratic process.

[Lone Ranger]

That's great news, Scott. Congrats.

Benadryl might help with the rash if it's an allergic reaction. My daughter had a similar issue when she was little.


Dr. Ray, I presume.

That's exactly what our Doc suggested.

I guess there's a lot of funky crap in sunblock.

Logan is a daycare 2 days a week now, and I know that they put a lot on before outdoor play. Yesterday, they were playing outdoors with water so Logan had his shirt off, with a ton of sunblock on. Guess where the rash was the worst?

The daycare supervisor said that her son has a similar problem. She just kept him in long sleeve shirts rather than use sunblock.

Kat has just grabbed some Benadryl and is heading up to the daycare (it's 2 minutes from our house) to give him some.

[Matt Algren]

Hey Lone Ranger, I keep forgetting to link to this. Found it when I was looking for a gift for my Dad, a longtime fan of the LR radio shows (http://www.podango.com/podcast/463/The_Lone_Ranger_Podcast).

(I hope it still works. I'm getting blocked.)

[Lone Ranger]

Hey Lone Ranger, I keep forgetting to link to this. Found it when I was looking for a gift for my Dad, a longtime fan of the LR radio shows (http://www.podango.com/podcast/463/The_Lone_Ranger_Podcast).

(I hope it still works. I'm getting blocked.)

Thanks - looks cool. I downloaded some off OTR a few years back.

I'd like this sort of thing for long car trips with the kids. I'm reluctant to go the full DVD route in the car - and I think old radio shows are pretty awesome.

[Jared_Humpherys]

So now I'm absorbed in the whole hoopla surrounding the Bioshock street date being broken by Toys'R'Us. They're all sold out in my area, so I have lost hope, but its still fascinating to watch the internet craziness in action.

[Tadhg]

So now I'm absorbed in the whole hoopla surrounding the Bioshock street date being broken by Toys'R'Us. They're all sold out in my area, so I have lost hope, but its still fascinating to watch the internet craziness in action.

I'm not getting my 360 until the Halo 3 edition comes out. It's so ugly, but I'll probably buy BioShock with it.

[jessecuster3]

I'm not getting my 360 until the Halo 3 edition comes out. It's so ugly, but I'll probably buy BioShock with it.

I am still torn between a 360 and a Wii.

[ragnarok_2012]

I am still torn between a 360 and a Wii.

I still miss the codename Nintendo Revolution.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I'm not getting my 360 until the Halo 3 edition comes out. It's so ugly, but I'll probably buy BioShock with it.

It's getting awesome reviews(both I've seen were 10 out of 10).

What I'm really hoping for is an announcement from the game publishers clearing the way for other retailers to sell it.

[jessecuster3]

I still miss the codename Nintendo Revolution.

They could have called it the Nintendo Crappy McCrapperson and I still would have wanted it, because of the gameplay.

[Athena Bast]

Just got back from Kat's doctor's office. The baby is doing fine - hearbeat was 150 and the head is down.

We are both convinced it will be a boy, perhaps because that is all that we know.

In other non-news - Logan has a rash, we think it is from his sunscreen.

In trying to prevent him from getting red, we made him look like a tomato.

Dude... I think you mean apple.

[Ray R.]

I was a Sony whore through the Playstation and PS2.

I'm starting to take a serious look at the 360 for me, and alternatively, the Wii for the kids. 360s are available though, Wiis are completely sold out.

The PS3 looks like a disappointment so far, particularly in anything in new games that are anything but souped-up PS2 rehashes, which suprises me, because I thought Sony played for keeps.

[Tadhg]

I am still torn between a 360 and a Wii.

I love my Wii even though I haven't played it all summer, but then I never really play video games in the summer. Smash Bros, Mario Galaxy, and Mario Kart all look great.

But the 360 is getting Too Human as well as Eternal Sonata, which means I'll pick one up.

[Athena Bast]

I was a Sony whore through the Playstation and PS2.

I'm starting to take a serious look at the 360 for me, and alternatively, the Wii for the kids. 360s are available though, Wiis are completely sold out.

The PS3 looks like a disappointment so far, particularly in anything in new games that are anything but souped-up PS2 rehashes, which suprises me, because I thought Sony played for keeps.

I'm getting MGS4 even without the system.

[Tadhg]

I was a Sony whore through the Playstation and PS2.

I'm starting to take a serious look at the 360 for me, and alternatively, the Wii for the kids. 360s are available though, Wiis are completely sold out.

The PS3 looks like a disappointment so far, particularly in anything in new games that are anything but souped-up PS2 rehashes, which suprises me, because I thought Sony played for keeps.

I think the PS3 has promise. It was just overly-ambitious and like most overly-ambitious consumer electronics, it came out the door as a let-down. I know it's a rehash of an Xbox game, but Ninja Gaiden Sigma looks absolutely stunning. I probably won't pick one up for a few years though.

[Ray R.]

I'm getting MGS4 even without the system.

How? I thought Metal Gear Solid 4 was exclusive to the PS3?

I'm not a huge fan of first or third person shooters, personally. I'm more interested in the RPGs along the lines of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, the sports games (Tiger Woods golf in particular), and the driving simulators.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Ray

If it were me - I wouldn't do it. Watching the way my body has shifted over the last 15 years makes me glad that I didn't get a tatoo when everyone I knew was getting them circa 1990.

If you are going to do it - make sure you know want to see it there in 10 years, 20 years etc...

Personally, I think you should get a CCA stamp tatoo.

My dad has an awesome tattoo of a boxing rooster on his shoulder. Its faded a lot since its over 25 years old . He did tell me he wishes he never had it put there since as he ages the tat will look pretty sad ..if its still visable.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Got all 3 next gens. PS3 has been a dissapointment so far(only using it to play PS2 games as of now). Wii hasn't been gangbusters, but they have a great holiday lineup this year. Xbox 360 has consistently kept me happy, and looks to have an awesome next few months as well.

[Matt Algren]

My dad has an awesome tattoo of a boxing rooster on his shoulder. Its faded a lot since its over 25 years old . He did tell me he wishes he never had it put there since as he ages the tat will look pretty sad ..if its still visable.
He could get it touched up and recolored. I've heard that that's not uncommon.

[Ray R.]

I think the PS3 has promise. It was just overly-ambitious and like most overly-ambitious consumer electronics, it came out the door as a let-down. I know it's a rehash of an Xbox game, but Ninja Gaiden Sigma looks absolutely stunning. I probably won't pick one up for a few years though.

I agree. I'm just surprised they didn't have four or five "foundation" games rolled out at release along the lines of Madden 2001, God of War, Gran Turismo 3 or 4, SSX, etc. I've only seen two or three new PS3 games worth considering in buying in the system. That's no enough. Not like Sony at all.

The Wii is owning them, and the 360 has a steady and growing fanbase.

[jessecuster3]

I love my Wii even though I haven't played it all summer, but then I never really play video games in the summer. Smash Bros, Mario Galaxy, and Mario Kart all look great.

But the 360 is getting Too Human as well as Eternal Sonata, which means I'll pick one up.

I think the PS3 has promise. It was just overly-ambitious and like most overly-ambitious consumer electronics, it came out the door as a let-down. I know it's a rehash of an Xbox game, but Ninja Gaiden Sigma looks absolutely stunning. I probably won't pick one up for a few years though.

Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Star are both only for 360 and PS3.

You know PS3 will get the next Final Fantasy and Killzone 2 is already garnering major attention, plus I am sure Katamari will come and then there is the Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and Sly Cooper series out there. I think this time next year PS3 is going to be a very different beast.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Star are both only for 360 and PS3.

You know PS3 will get the next Final Fantasy and Killzone 2 is already garnering major attention, plus I am sure Katamari will come and then there is the Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and Sly Cooper series out there. I think this time next year PS3 is going to be a very different beast.

PS3 is no longer getting Katamari.

[jessecuster3]

Also, what I forgot, PS3 you automagically get a Blu-Ray player, with 360 you have to buy the HD-DVD add on which will put the price close to what the PS3 is.

[jessecuster3]

PS3 is no longer getting Katamari.

What happened?

[Jared_Humpherys]

What happened?

Dunno. They abandoned the PS3 version around E3 and are now doing instead a new one for the Wii.

The 360 version is still a go, though(demo came out yesterday. Plays the same as always).

[Ray R.]

Also, what I forgot, PS3 you automagically get a Blu-Ray player, with 360 you have to buy the HD-DVD add on which will put the price close to what the PS3 is.

You say that like it's a good thing. Blu-Ray looks like the Betamax (another Sony product) of the next decade.

I don't use my game system to watch movies. I have a separate HD, composite video, six audio track, DVD-player for that. Overkill.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Well, the official game forum for Bioshock just crashed.

Crap.

[Tadhg]

I agree. I'm just surprised they didn't have four or five "foundation" games rolled out at release along the lines of Madden 2001, God of War, Gran Turismo 3 or 4, SSX, etc. I've only seen two or three new PS3 games worth considering in buying in the system. That's no enough. Not like Sony at all.

The Wii is owning them, and the 360 has a steady and growing fanbase.

There's logistical reasons for the PS3 not having AAA titles at launch. Programmers are still learning how to use it. It's a pretty complex SDK and a hardware design totally unlike anything ever programmed for. Sony's released tools now to really speed up the development process, but it's still pretty complex. The Wii is a breeze to program for in comparison. The PS3 will likely have a lot of top-tier exclusives as time goes by, SCE: WWS is the largest game developer in the world now, employing more people than even EA.

[Athena Bast]

How? I thought Metal Gear Solid 4 was exclusive to the PS3?

I'm not a huge fan of first or third person shooters, personally. I'm more interested in the RPGs along the lines of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, the sports games (Tiger Woods golf in particular), and the driving simulators.

I'm buying the game and will wait for a price drop on the system if by that time the system is not in a reasonable range.

Before I bought the PS1 I bought Gran Turismo and FF7.

[jessecuster3]

You say that like it's a good thing. Blu-Ray looks like the Betamax (another Sony product) of the next decade.

I don't use my game system to watch movies. I have a separate HD, composite video, six audio track, DVD-player for that. Overkill.

Actually, Sony and a few others will only be releasing their movies on Blu-Ray. Universal is the only studio that will be releasing exclusively HD-DVD. Blockbuster and Target will only be selling Blu-Ray and no HD-DVD at all. So if anything HD-DVD is the betamax of the new frontier.

[Tadhg]

Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Star are both only for 360 and PS3.


GH3 is for the Wii as well.

[Guapo Méndez]

I'm getting Bioshock for PC, but it'll be in september, at least. I need 500 bucks to upgrade my rig.

[Tadhg]

I'm buying the game and will wait for a price drop on the system if by that time the system is not in a reasonable range.

Before I bought the PS1 I bought Gran Turismo and FF7.

If you're waiting to buy the system, why not wait to buy the game as well? By the time you get around to buying the system, the game will likely have dropped in price by about half.

[jessecuster3]

GH3 is for the Wii as well.

Ohh I think I heard about this, but you won't have one of teh guitars but a shell that you put your Wiimote into.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

He could get it touched up and recolored. I've heard that that's not uncommon.

We were working back a few years ago and this guy owned a tattoo shop. He really loved the tat (sketched it down for his shop). He put over how the lines and drawing was pretty damn good for whoever done it back then (1970's) , he offered to recolor and dress it up with some new touches for free. My dad turned him down saying he just wants it to fade away because he'll feel silly with it as he gets older.

[Tadhg]

Ohh I think I heard about this, but you won't have one of teh guitars but a shell that you put your Wiimote into.

Kind-of. It's still a full-on guitar.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Guitar-hero-iii-20070709040244434.jpg

[Athena Bast]

You say that like it's a good thing. Blu-Ray looks like the Betamax (another Sony product) of the next decade.

I don't use my game system to watch movies. I have a separate HD, composite video, six audio track, DVD-player for that. Overkill.

I've been hearing that Blu-Ray is outselling HD-DVD as far as the actual discs. Some were saying Blu-Ray just sounds... sexier.

[Athena Bast]

If you're waiting to buy the system, why not wait to buy the game as well? By the time you get around to buying the system, the game will likely have dropped in price by about half.

I did that with a couple games... and couldn't find them then.

[Tadhg]

I did that with a couple games... and couldn't find them then.

A title like MGS will still be selling. They still sell Metal Gear Solid 2.

[tricksterpup]

Actually, Sony and a few others will only be releasing their movies on Blu-Ray. Universal is the only studio that will be releasing exclusively HD-DVD. Blockbuster and Target will only be selling Blu-Ray and no HD-DVD at all. So if anything HD-DVD is the betamax of the new frontier.

This is the reason why I am waiting until they finally decide what will win..
Anyone remember Divx??

[SUPERECWFAN1]

There's logistical reasons for the PS3 not having AAA titles at launch. Programmers are still learning how to use it. It's a pretty complex SDK and a hardware design totally unlike anything ever programmed for. Sony's released tools now to really speed up the development process, but it's still pretty complex. The Wii is a breeze to program for in comparison. The PS3 will likely have a lot of top-tier exclusives as time goes by, SCE: WWS is the largest game developer in the world now, employing more people than even EA.

When the PS2 landed it too had this problem. There was a bunch of sucky games avlaible except for Madden and Tekken Tag. I rented a few games and god almighty.... they were horrific. There was one called Orphan and I swear , halfway thru I wanted to choke the sound effects people.

[Athena Bast]

A title like MGS will still be selling. They still sell Metal Gear Solid 2.

Not in my area they aren't.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I now know what a digital mob is like.

It is a very dangerous thing.

[jessecuster3]

I now know what a digital mob is like.

It is a very dangerous thing.

I am surprised you don't pre-order every game anyways?

[Guapo Méndez]

There's logistical reasons for the PS3 not having AAA titles at launch. Programmers are still learning how to use it. It's a pretty complex SDK and a hardware design totally unlike anything ever programmed for. Sony's released tools now to really speed up the development process, but it's still pretty complex. The Wii is a breeze to program for in comparison. The PS3 will likely have a lot of top-tier exclusives as time goes by, SCE: WWS is the largest game developer in the world now, employing more people than even EA.

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULKuo_CeuM&NR=1) be the only reason I've considered getting a platform.

[tricksterpup]

I now know what a digital mob is like.

It is a very dangerous thing.

So can a digital bitch.

She wears her leather just to satisfy
she really throws it around
There ain't one thing she can't afford to buy
she's the richest bitch in town

Her big fat daddy was a money machine
he made a fortune from computers
She's got more money than I've ever seen
but she's a greedy emotional looter

Keep away from the digital bitch
Keep away from the digital bitch
Keep away from the digital bitch
She's so rich, the digital bitch

She's got five rollers and a fine estate
a big house up on the hill
She throws parties just to celebrate
her life is just one enormous thrill

She buys poor people just to have around
She has a trophy for each lover
The bitch is rich but baby pound for pound
she's got a lot more to discover

Maybe she could please me if I saw beneath her veil
But she's just an imitation woman up for sale

She got so famous that she's on TV
She's got a professional smile
But I switch over 'cos she ain't for me
She disturbs me all the while

She looks so happy but she's got it wrong
she's always going faster
She sings her life to such a different song
she needs a loving and dominant master

[Jared_Humpherys]

I am surprised you don't pre-order every game anyways?

Oh, I did. I just want it a week early like those other lucky bastards. I called the place I pre-ordered it, and they're holding it until the 21st unless corporate says otherwise.

[Tadhg]

I am surprised you don't pre-order every game anyways?

Personally I don't like pre-ordering unless they offer cool freebies.

[Ray R.]

Actually, Sony and a few others will only be releasing their movies on Blu-Ray. Universal is the only studio that will be releasing exclusively HD-DVD. Blockbuster and Target will only be selling Blu-Ray and no HD-DVD at all. So if anything HD-DVD is the betamax of the new frontier.

We'll see. If Blockbuster, Sony, Target, et al., are asking their customers to completely replace their DVD collections in order to sign onto a new system, I'm skeptical. That's a huge middle finger, and for most of us, a law of diminishing returns for quality. I really don't need Blu-Ray to come as close to a cinema experience as the technology already allows me to do.

And again, I'm a Sony whore, and have a TV, DVD Player, receiver, and PS2 already, and I'm not budging.

This is like how DAT was going to replace the CD, I assume.

[Tadhg]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULKuo_CeuM&NR=1) be the only reason I've considered getting a platform.

I'm more interested in Mass Effect. The Force Unleashed developers don't really impress me.

[Tadhg]

We'll see. If Blockbuster, Sony, Target, et al., are asking their customers to completely replace their DVD collections in order to sign onto a new system, I'm skeptical. That's a huge middle finger, and for most of us, a law of diminishing returns for quality. I really don't need Blu-Ray to come as close to a cinema experience as the technology already allows me to do.

And again, I'm a Sony whore, and have a TV, DVD Player, receiver, and PS2 already, and I'm not budging.

This is like how DAT was going to replace the CD, I assume.

Except DVDs play in a BluRay(or HD-DVD) player.

[Guapo Méndez]

I'm more interested in Mass Effect. The Force Unleashed developers don't really impress me.

(raises head like a prairie dog)

Mass Effect?

(checking)

[Matt Algren]

We'll see. If Blockbuster, Sony, Target, et al., are asking their customers to completely replace their DVD collections in order to sign onto a new system, I'm skeptical. That's a huge middle finger, and for most of us, a law of diminishing returns for quality. I really don't need Blu-Ray to come as close to a cinema experience as the technology already allows me to do.

And again, I'm a Sony whore, and have a TV, DVD Player, receiver, and PS2 already, and I'm not budging.

This is like how DAT was going to replace the CD, I assume.
Remember, Beta-Max was the superior technology to VHS.

There's a company making a player that will play both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. It's more expensive, but if you're that into HD, I suppose it's worth it.

[Puma]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/okeh-so-there-wuz-this-squirrel-right.jpg

[jessecuster3]

We'll see. If Blockbuster, Sony, Target, et al., are asking their customers to completely replace their DVD collections in order to sign onto a new system, I'm skeptical. That's a huge middle finger, and for most of us, a law of diminishing returns for quality. I really don't need Blu-Ray to come as close to a cinema experience as the technology already allows me to do.

And again, I'm a Sony whore, and have a TV, DVD Player, receiver, and PS2 already, and I'm not budging.

This is like how DAT was going to replace the CD, I assume.

Hmm, I think this is more akin to going from Cassettes to CDs.

I will tell you I have already seen stats that 300 sold 2-1 Blu-Ray to HD-DVD.

I am not sure how far off we are from new releases only being an HD format.

[jessecuster3]

I'm more interested in Mass Effect. The Force Unleashed developers don't really impress me.

Dunno the tech demos I have seen for Force Unleashed are pretty spectacular.

[Jared_Humpherys]

Mass Effect is going to rock so damned hard.

[Matt Algren]

Hmm, I think this is more akin to going from Cassettes to CDs.

I will tell you I have already seen stats that 300 sold 2-1 Blu-Ray to HD-DVD.

I am not sure how far off we are from new releases only being an HD format.
It'll be awhile, at least till the price for players comes down. Otherwise, they can fuck off.

I'm talking out my ass, but I think high-def DVDs will go away pretty quickly in favor of thumbdrives on the side of TVs.

[Tadhg]

I am not sure how far off we are from new releases only being an HD format.

I'd guesstimate at least 5 years.

[jessecuster3]

There's a company making a player that will play both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. It's more expensive, but if you're that into HD, I suppose it's worth it.

There are actually a few companies doing it but it is pretty price prohibitive at this point.

HD-DVD players are supposed to hit the $299 price point soon and Blu-Ray players are going to get as low as $499.

[Chris Nowlin]

Since I've understood none of the last hour's conversation, I'm goint to go to school and do some work.

Look what you've driven me to!

[Puma]

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/2007/08/13/mcscannersons.jpg

[Ray R.]

Remember, Beta-Max was the superior technology to VHS.

There's a company making a player that will play both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. It's more expensive, but if you're that into HD, I suppose it's worth it.

Yeah, that's just it. With composite video or even S-video jacks you're really not missing a whole lot with regular DVDs versus HD. I've got HD-TV cable, and while I'm impressed occasionally with HD programming on the Discovery Channel and other places, it's really not enough for me to feel the need to upgrade my DVD and game systems to match.

But I guess I'm just an old dinosaur.....

[Matt Algren]

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/2007/08/13/mcscannersons.jpg
I'd recognize that pussy anywhere.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/im-at-ur-office-partee.jpg

[Guapo Méndez]

Mass Effect is going to rock so damned hard.



Ohhh! Pretty! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss5y4h8m9dE&mode=related&search=)

Yep.
(Unless they go PC) I see a platform in my future.

[tricksterpup]

Except DVDs play in a BluRay(or HD-DVD) player.

Yes, but I still rather wait until the prices come down on the players and it is finally decided what is the new format.

I have better things to spend with my money.

[Tadhg]

Yes, but I still rather wait until the prices come down on the players and it is finally decided what is the new format.

I have better things to spend with my money.

I wasn't advocating anyone buy one. I don't have either. I was just saying that to assuage Ray's concern that they were going to push the public toward replacing their whole collections

[tricksterpup]

I'd recognize that pussy anywhere.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/im-at-ur-office-partee.jpg

Ah that reminds me of the old website Catscan.com People used to scan their cats and then post the pictures.. it was priceless.

[tricksterpup]

I wasn't advocating anyone buy one. I don't have either. I was just saying that to assuage Ray's concern that they were going to push the public toward replacing their whole collections

I know I know.. its just frustrating but then again, this is how they make their money. What till Lucas will come out with 6 disc set on HD and blueray and everyone will need to get both due each one will have special features that is different on both formats.

[Tadhg]

I know I know.. its just frustrating but then again, this is how they make their money. What till Lucas will come out with 6 disc set on HD and blueray and everyone will need to get both due each one will have special features that is different on both formats.

That's unlikely.

[Guapo Méndez]

That's unlikely.


I dunno.
Some Star Wars fans are really obsessed.

[Tadhg]

I dunno.
Some Star Wars fans are really obsessed.

I'm saying the special features for different formats is unlikely. The cost:benefit ratio is not in the favor of such things occuring.

[Matt Algren]

I'm saying the special features for different formats is unlikely. The cost:benefit ratio is not in the favor of such things occuring.
But what happens when Spielberg replaces the walkie talkies with roast beef sandwiches? I SIMPLY MUST HAVE THAT VERSION IN MY COLLECTION!!!

[Tadhg]

But what happens when Spielberg replaces the walkie talkies with roast beef sandwiches? I SIMPLY MUST HAVE THAT VERSION IN MY COLLECTION!!!

When Spielberg does that, he'll win the internet.

[Ray R.]

I wasn't advocating anyone buy one. I don't have either. I was just saying that to assuage Ray's concern that they were going to push the public toward replacing their whole collections

I do think Trickster has a point, though. You don't think they're going to re-release entire DVD catalogues in new HD-DVD/Blu-Ray format? Again, with the new commentary track, special features, and interactive Blu-Ray features like they're doing with regular DVDs every couple of years?

[Guapo Méndez]

But what happens when Spielberg replaces the walkie talkies with roast beef sandwiches? I SIMPLY MUST HAVE THAT VERSION IN MY COLLECTION!!!


I'll draw the line at the E.T. Bologna Collection.

(actually, I drew the line much earlier. I hated E.T.)

[Tadhg]

I do think Trickster has a point, though. You don't think they're going to re-release entire DVD catalogues in new HD-DVD/Blu-Ray format? Again, with the new commentary track, special features, and interactive Blu-Ray features like they're doing with regular DVDs every couple of years?

I didn't say that. I said that there being different versions for Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD is unlikely. It's cost-prohibitive.

[jessecuster3]

Yeah, that's just it. With composite video or even S-video jacks you're really not missing a whole lot with regular DVDs versus HD. I've got HD-TV cable, and while I'm impressed occasionally with HD programming on the Discovery Channel and other places, it's really not enough for me to feel the need to upgrade my DVD and game systems to match.

But I guess I'm just an old dinosaur.....

Yeah if you don't have an HDMI port on your TV, none of it is going to make much difference anyways.

[Ray R.]

I didn't say that. I said that there being different versions for Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD is unlikely. It's cost-prohibitive.

Right, I think one will win out. Perhaps it's Blu-Ray. But the issue remains the same. We suckers who built three and four hundred disk collections of DVDs are going to be told how much we're missing on the new, extra-special, stupendously-necessary re-release in hi-def format.

[Athena Bast]

That's unlikely.

Think there was stuff on the Blu-Ray 300 that wasn't on the HD-DVD 300.

[jessecuster3]

Right, I think one will win out. Perhaps it's Blu-Ray. But the issue remains the same. We suckers who built three and four hundred disk collections of DVDs are going to be told how much we're missing on the new, extra-special, stupendously-necessary re-release in hi-def format.

Heh, remember in the beginning of DVDs the Criterion Collections? I wonder what they will be called this time.

I still own a few movies on both VHS and DVD and I don't even have a VCR hooked up.

[Ray R.]

Yeah if you don't have an HDMI port on your TV, none of it is going to make much difference anyways.

Bingo. Call me paranoid, but I see a major, major national financial crisis coming down the pike based on pretty basic economic indicators. Wholesale replacements of 300 million TVs with HD-compliant ones might take some time....

[Lone Ranger]

All I know is that I want to run out and buy a good DVD player - keep it in a box for 15-20 years and open it when my kids are ready to get into classic cinema and great old TV shows.

I can't tell you how much coin my father spent buying a new turntable and new vinyl to upgrade his old collection. He's turned his back on digital music in the home. In the car, on an airplane? That's fine - but at home Miles Davis and Creedence still spin at 33.3 RPM.

If he just bought back-ups back in the day, he'd be feeling like Einstein these days.

[Athena Bast]

Heh, remember in the beginning of DVDs the Criterion Collections? I wonder what they will be called this time.

I still own a few movies on both VHS and DVD and I don't even have a VCR hooked up.

I still have my Star Wars Holy trilogy on VHS from back when they were remastered and cleaned up BEFORE the special editions with all the extra shit.

I keep them because we're never going to see those versions of the movies ever again.

[Lone Ranger]

Think there was stuff on the Blu-Ray 300 that wasn't on the HD-DVD 300.


You see - with a toddler created exhaustion in our household, it's tough enough for us to sit through a movie in one session. I can't remember the last time we turned on a commentary track or watched any extras.

I don't even rent movies if it's anything less than a 5 day rental.

I just want a good clean print of a movie that I can watch at my leisure.

[Ray R.]

I still have my Star Wars Holy trilogy on VHS from back when they were remastered and cleaned up BEFORE the special editions with all the extra shit.

I keep them because we're never going to see those versions of the movies ever again.

I have those on DVD copied over from the original laser disks. They're not for sale.

[Lone Ranger]

I still have my Star Wars Holy trilogy on VHS from back when they were remastered and cleaned up BEFORE the special editions with all the extra shit.

I keep them because we're never going to see those versions of the movies ever again.

Same. That was a good call.

I can prove to my grandchildren that Han shot first.

Then they will give me a wedgie.

[Slam_Bradley]

I'm starting to take a serious look at the 360 for me, and alternatively, the Wii for the kids. 360s are available though, Wiis are completely sold out.



Do you have a Costco near you? Last time I was in there they had a buttload of them. I didn't realize they were rare.


Not that I have to worry. No gaming systems allowed in my house.

[Matt Algren]

I still have my Star Wars Holy trilogy on VHS from back when they were remastered and cleaned up BEFORE the special editions with all the extra shit.

I keep them because we're never going to see those versions of the movies ever again.
I bought those because they proclaimed that they would never ever be released again.

Then I found out how much I hate Star Wars, right before they re-released the video tapes with an extra 20 seconds or something. It was ridiculous.

[Matt Algren]

Huh. Someone's searching for their name again. Sad, I am.

[jessecuster3]

I still have my Star Wars Holy trilogy on VHS from back when they were remastered and cleaned up BEFORE the special editions with all the extra shit.

I keep them because we're never going to see those versions of the movies ever again.

Me too!

This one:

http://www.sandcrawler.com/SWB/Images/StarWars/Videos/video-0609-front.jpg

[Lone Ranger]

I have those on DVD copied over from the original laser disks. They're not for sale.


I remember the one family in my neighbourhood that had a Laser Disc player. They had a 3 disc collection:

1. Das Boot (sure - why not?)
2. Gandhi (classic- no doubt)
3. Zapped! (huh?)

Needless to say - it wasn't until I was about 30 that I'd seen Gandhi more times than Zapped.

[Ray R.]

You see - with a toddler created exhaustion in our household, it's tough enough for us to sit through a movie in one session. I can't remember the last time we turned on a commentary track or watched any extras.

I don't even rent movies if it's anything less than a 5 day rental.

I just want a good clean print of a movie that I can watch at my leisure.

Again, it's the law of diminishing returns. How much is enough?

I know people who get misty-eyed talking about the scratch-effect on their LPs missing on their CDs. And people who spend more money than I can believe to complete Atari 2600 collections.

Again, maybe I'm old, but I usually have problems telling the difference between a $5,000 speaker and a $500 one. (Not unlike a $200 bottle of wine and a $35 one most times.)

[Athena Bast]

You see - with a toddler created exhaustion in our household, it's tough enough for us to sit through a movie in one session. I can't remember the last time we turned on a commentary track or watched any extras.

I don't even rent movies if it's anything less than a 5 day rental.

I just want a good clean print of a movie that I can watch at my leisure.

Depending on some movies I base buying them on extra bits. If you're going to charge me $22-28.99 for a DVD movie you best be giving me some stuff.

Only exceptions I made in recent memory was 300.

[Elegance Liberty]

Yay, at job #1 I get to work the floorset for the girls sleepwear/dorm clothes section next Friday!

I say 'yay', since our selection of the stuff is pretty much the intimates (sans bras and select styles of underwear, mostly the lace-y fancy crap), some boxer shorts, a nightgown (in 3 different colors) and sleepwear tanktops. So there won't be much crap to haul around and set up like the last one.

Only problem it's from 8pm-1am -in theory- and I have to work at job #2 later that Saturday at 11am.

Eeeeeeeesh.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

I remember the one family in my neighbourhood that had a Laser Disc player. They had a 3 disc collection:

1. Das Boot (sure - why not?)
2. Gandhi (classic- no doubt)
3. Zapped! (huh?)

Needless to say - it wasn't until I was about 30 that I'd seen Gandhi more times than Zapped.

OMG. Zapped!??? Is that that movie with Chachi?

[Athena Bast]

I bought those because they proclaimed that they would never ever be released again.

Then I found out how much I hate Star Wars, right before they re-released the video tapes with an extra 20 seconds or something. It was ridiculous.

I got the special edition on VHS because hey! Extra stuff. Then bought them on widescreen VHS because of a bargain bin clearance ooh the DVDs are here deal and I like seeing stuff that was supposed to be on the screen because some scenes make a hell of a lot more sense that way. I have the DVD boxed set for the extra disc.

[Ray R.]

Do you have a Costco near you? Last time I was in there they had a buttload of them. I didn't realize they were rare.


Not that I have to worry. No gaming systems allowed in my house.

Not in stock at Target, Costco, etc., and not available for awhile -- we have different demographics though.

My daughter plays three or four PS2 games regularly -- all age suitable for her. And I monitor the time to one hour sessions only.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Again, maybe I'm old, but I usually have problems telling the difference between a $5,000 speaker and a $500 one. (Not unlike a $200 bottle of wine and a $35 one most times.)


No "maybe" about it.

You're old.

[Slam_Bradley]

I can't tell you how much coin my father spent buying a new turntable and new vinyl to upgrade his old collection. He's turned his back on digital music in the home. In the car, on an airplane? That's fine - but at home Miles Davis and Creedence still spin at 33.3 RPM.


Your father is a God amongst men.

[jessecuster3]

Again, it's the law of diminishing returns. How much is enough?

I know people who get misty-eyed talking about the scratch-effect on their LPs missing on their CDs. And people who spend more money than I can believe to complete Atari 2600 collections.

Again, maybe I'm old, but I usually have problems telling the difference between a $5,000 speaker and a $500 one. (Not unlike a $200 bottle of wine and a $35 one most times.)

I have been trying to buy some of those old Transformers from when I was a kid and stumbled on this. (http://www.temptingtoys.net/fullstory.php?id=1161051672&subaction=showfull) Yes they mean $749.

[Guapo Méndez]

OMG. Zapped!??? Is that that movie with Chachi?

And Heather Thomas' (body double's) breasts.

[Paul McEnery]

Huh. Someone's searching for their name again. Sad, I am.

Do you mean what I think you mean? :evilsmile

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

And Heather Thomas' (body double's) breasts.

Well, then. Well worth the investment.

[Ray R.]

OMG. Zapped!??? Is that that movie with Chachi?

And breasts and long-range projectile vomiting. Plus Willie Ames.

Outstanding piece of cinema.

[Lone Ranger]

OMG. Zapped!??? Is that that movie with Chachi?

Yup, Chachi and that other guy who was always with Chachi.

[Jeff Brady]

I have those on DVD copied over from the original laser disks. They're not for sale.

Ah, but would you be willing to make copies?

[Ray R.]

No "maybe" about it.

You're old.

Race you to the early bird special. But keep your walker a safe distance or so help me you'll get such a pinch, chumley.

[Lone Ranger]

And Heather Thomas' (body double's) breasts.

I actually had this post on my wall as a 12 year old.

http://www.jasonbennion.com/photos/albums/Misc/Heather_Thomas.jpg

That's some All-Star CT.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

And breasts and long-range projectile vomiting. Plus Willie Ames.

Outstanding piece of cinema.

I'm not sure what "long-range projectile vomiting" is, but I'm pretty sure that I must queue this up in Netflix.

Yup, Chachi and that other guy who was always with Chachi.

Oooh, I know that dude.

[Ray R.]

Ah, but would you be willing to make copies?

Considering George Lucas' douchebaggery on the subject, yes, I believe I would. Or at least provide them for someone else to make the copies.

[Athena Bast]

And breasts and long-range projectile vomiting. Plus Willie Ames.

Outstanding piece of cinema.

Did Scott Baio do anything without Willie Ames in the 80s?

[Slam_Bradley]

You see - with a toddler created exhaustion in our household, it's tough enough for us to sit through a movie in one session. I can't remember the last time we turned on a commentary track or watched any extras.

I don't even rent movies if it's anything less than a 5 day rental.

I just want a good clean print of a movie that I can watch at my leisure.


I'm in the same boat. I do occasionally buy movies because it's cheaper (or nearly so) than renting them. But I've had the two-disc version of The Wild Bunch for three or so months now and I still haven't put the second disc in the player, even though I'm actually interested in a couple of the documentaries. There's just not time. And I can't remember the last time I watched anything longer than a 30 minute cartoon with the commentary track on.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Race you to the early bird special. But keep your walker a safe distance or so help me you'll get such a pinch, chumley.

Only if I can ditch my oxygen tank before the race.

I actually had this post on my wall as a 12 year old.

http://www.jasonbennion.com/photos/albums/Misc/Heather_Thomas.jpg

That's some All-Star CT.

Hell, I'm thinking I need that poster on my wall as a 40-year-old.

I'm sure my wife wouldn't have a problem with it.

[Ray R.]

Did Scott Baio do anything without Willie Ames in the 80s?

Perhaps Erin Moran in his trailer. Other than that, I doubt it.

[Guapo Méndez]

And breasts and long-range projectile vomiting. Plus Willie Ames.

Outstanding piece of cinema.


Floating Ventriloquist Dummy!

[jessecuster3]

Considering George Lucas' douchebaggery on the subject, yes, I believe I would. Or at least provide them for someone else to make the copies.

Ohh I so want in on that! My girl has still never seen any of them. I keep telling her that its a "breakuppable offense".

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Did Scott Baio do anything without Willie Ames in the 80s?

Pam Anderson.

[Dreadstar]

You know what's really cool?

Laser disc players are really cheap, even the good ones, and the laser discs are in the cheapo bins.

It's almost like the turntable and LP market.

AND! I'm finding myself to be more and more like my neighbor was last decade. When I finally got around to getting a DVD player he was like "Why? My VHS is fine." Well, now that the price is dropping on DVDs with the advent of BluRay, and the DVD players can "upgrade" your output signal to near HD, I'm sort of like he was. "Why? My DVDs are fine."

I just empathize with that scene in Men in Black where Tommy Lee Jones says: "I'm going to have to buy the White Album all over again."

[Slam_Bradley]

Race you to the early bird special. But keep your walker a safe distance or so help me you'll get such a pinch, chumley.


If it ain't corned-beef hash I don't want it, dammit!

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

Perhaps Erin Moran in his trailer. Other than that, I doubt it.

Damn, put that Coke on my tab.

[Matt Algren]

I can't tell you how much coin my father spent buying a new turntable and new vinyl to upgrade his old collection. He's turned his back on digital music in the home. In the car, on an airplane? That's fine - but at home Miles Davis and Credence still spin at 33.3 RPM.You know, you can get a PC attachment (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BUEMOO/ref=pd_cp_e_1/102-9274112-9138563?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_r=1F3AX5EXV376Z3SMZVSG&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=250314601&pf_rd_i=B000G3FNVM) that will record the vinyl records to mp3s.

You see - with a toddler created exhaustion in our household, it's tough enough for us to sit through a movie in one session. I can't remember the last time we turned on a commentary track or watched any extras.

I don't even rent movies if it's anything less than a 5 day rental.

I just want a good clean print of a movie that I can watch at my leisure.Netflix (http://www.netflix.com) is the best. I don't know why I waited so long to sign up.

[Lone Ranger]

Your father is a God amongst men.

I've always thought so.

We were listening to Willie and the Poor Boys on his stereo back on Father's Day. It sounded unbelievable.

He buys mostly jazz that never hit CD. I used to love flipping through his record collection as a kid.

He buys this really heavy/thick vinyl now from some online source. I guess it's of a superior quality.

It's kind of odd to say but the techonology is a bit beyond me.

[Guapo Méndez]

Pam Anderson.

And the Playboy Mansion.

[Ray R.]

Ohh I so want in on that! My girl has still never seen any of them. I keep telling her that its a "breakuppable offense".

They were a Christmas present, as long as I promised not to put them on eBay.

[Lone Ranger]

Netflix (http://www.netflix.com) is the best. I don't know why I waited so long to sign up.

Yeah - I like supporting our little local shop http://www.thefilmbuff.com/ - the are really plugged into the hood, the stock a ton of obscure movies (especially film noir) and they have never hit us with a late charge.

Between them and what we record off TCM etc..., we get all we need.

[tricksterpup]

All I know is that I want to run out and buy a good DVD player - keep it in a box for 15-20 years and open it when my kids are ready to get into classic cinema and great old TV shows.

I can't tell you how much coin my father spent buying a new turntable and new vinyl to upgrade his old collection. He's turned his back on digital music in the home. In the car, on an airplane? That's fine - but at home Miles Davis and Creedence still spin at 33.3 RPM.

If he just bought back-ups back in the day, he'd be feeling like Einstein these days.

Wow imagine Laser disc, I went to a local used book store and they had a whole bunch of those for sale.

[tricksterpup]

Damn, put that Coke on my tab.

That sounded so dirty.

[Slam_Bradley]

I've always thought so.

We were listening to Willie and the Poor Boys on his stereo back on Father's Day. It sounded unbelievable.

He buys mostly jazz that never hit CD. I used to love flipping through his record collection as a kid.

He buys this really heavy/thick vinyl now from some online source. I guess it's of a superior quality.

It's kind of odd to say but the techonology is a bit beyond me.


I'm desparately looking for a turn-table that I like at the right price (which for me is cheap). I've got a ton of my Dad's old LP's that I want to listen too. Nothing beats Live From Folsom Prison on vinyl.

And there is an awful lot of Jazz and old Country music out there that still isn't available on CD.

[Ray R.]

I'm desparately looking for a turn-table that I like at the right price (which for me is cheap). I've got a ton of my Dad's old LP's that I want to listen too. Nothing beats Live From Folsom Prison on vinyl.

And there is an awful lot of Jazz and old Country music out there that still isn't available on CD.

Maudlin nostalgists. Ruining the hobby for everyone else.

[Ray R.]

That sounded so dirty.

It's not much of a tab. More like a sprite.

[Lone Ranger]

And there is an awful lot of Jazz and old Country music out there that still isn't available on CD.

That's what was driving my Dad nuts (at least the Jazz part).

I'm still waiting for Neil Young to put out Time Fades Away on CD - I had to wait long enough for On the Beach.

I think the turntable market is pretty pricey. You may be better off hitting local estate/content sales and buying up old stereos just for the turntable.

[Paul McEnery]

I swear.

I bet you guys were the little kids at christmas who preferred to play with the box, and drove your parents spare.

[Lone Ranger]

Maudlin nostalgists. Ruining the hobby for everyone else.

By creating a new hobby.

Aging nutbars who collect $200 LPs.

I should add that my 62 year old Dad is on his 4th Blackberry and I don't even have a cell phone.

He can be wired when he wants to be.

[Guapo Méndez]

I left LP's a long while ago because:
a) Getting needles was a pain.
b) One scratch and the record was ruined.
c) Heat deformed them something fierce.

Gimme tapes and CD's any day.

[Chris Nowlin]

I swear.

I bet you guys were the little kids at christmas who preferred to play with the box, and drove your parents spare.

Only if what came with the box was really expensive

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

That sounded so dirty.

"Things that sound dirty but aren't:

1. Climbing Mount Baldy
2. Shaking hands with Abe Lincoln
3. She's fond of Balzac
4. Joey Buttafuco

It's not much of a tab. More like a sprite.

I'd prefer "Mr. Pibb."

[Ray R.]

By creating a new hobby.

Aging nutbars who collect $200 LPs.

I should add that my 62 year old Dad is on his 4th Blackberry and I don't even have a cell phone.

He can be wired when he wants to be.

Ask him if he's interested in Golden Age comics that take him back to his youth. I'll give him a 20% discount because he knows you.

[Slam_Bradley]

I left LP's a long while ago because:
a) Getting needles was a pain.
b) One scratch and the record was ruined.
c) Heat deformed them something fierce.

Gimme tapes and CD's any day.


That's all well & good if what you're looking for is on CD. But there is a ton of stuff that still hasn't been released on CD. I can think of a half dozen albums by Chet Atkins alone that I'd love to have that aren't on CD.

[Lone Ranger]

Ask him if he's interested in Golden Age comics that take him back to his youth. I'll give him a 20% discount because he knows you.


He was born in 1945 and always told me that he loved Blackhawk and Uncle Scrooge. We'd probably be looking at the 1952-1955 stretch - so that's some quality reading.

Of course, not knowing anything about anything as a 9 year old - I wanted ot share comic book collecting with my Dad, I went out a bought some old Blackhawks.

Not questioning why they were so cheap - I hauled a few home and showed them to him. He politely flipped through them and thanked me. I could tell something was wrong, but wasn't sure what.

Hindsight being 20/20 I now know why he didn't break into notstalgic tears when he read them. This is what I brought home:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/bh205.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/bh214.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/bh240.jpg

[Matt Algren]

As Shellhead pointed out at the DC Board, this article/thread title is terribly easy to misread. The misread version would be more apt.

Meltzer Takes His Final Shift on "Monitor Duty"

[Ray R.]

He was born in 1945 and always told me that he loved Blackhawk and Uncle Scrooge. We'd probably be looking at the 1952-1955 stretch - so that's some quality reading.

Of course, not knowing anything about anything as a 9 year old - I wanted ot share comic book collecting with my Dad, I went out a bought some old Blackhawks.

Not questioning why they were so cheap - I hauled a few home and showed them to him. He politely flipped through them and thanked me. I could tell something was wrong, but wasn't sure what.

Hindsight being 20/20 I now know why he didn't break into notstalgic tears when he read them. This is what I brought home:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/bh205.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/bh214.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/scottandkat/bh240.jpg

"I have no son."


Mom, I know you used to like Little Lulu, so here are some copies of Grant Morrison's "Doom Patrol."

[Ray R.]

As Shellhead pointed out at the DC Board, this article/thread title is terribly easy to misread. The misread version would be more apt.

Meltzer Takes His Final Shift on "Monitor Duty"

That is truly an extraneous "f".

[Lone Ranger]

"I have no son."


Mom, I know you used to like Little Lulu, so here are some copies of Grant Morrison's "Doom Patrol."

Who knew?

You know, once upon a time it was the effort that counted.

At least I didn't see his Beatles collection and run out and buy him Give My Regards to Broad Street.

[Paul McEnery]

That is truly an extraneous "f".

But then it's a misprint:

Meltzer Takes His Inal Shift on "Monitor Duty

[Matt Algren]

That is truly an extraneous "f".
I wonder if it's intentional. Probably not, but it's worth wondering.

[Dreadstar]

As Shellhead pointed out at the DC Board, this article/thread title is terribly easy to misread. The misread version would be more apt.

Meltzer Takes His Final Shift on "Monitor Duty"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[Ray R.]

Who knew?

You know, once upon a time it was the effort that counted.

At least I didn't see his Beatles collection and run out and buy him Give My Regards to Broad Street.

Right.

I remember being young (probably 8 or 9) and accompanying my mom to a bookstore, and knowing that my mom was going on a trip soon, I pulled a book off the rack and shouted at high volume across the store.

"Hey mom, here's a book for you. "Fear of Flying" by Erica Jong!"

She turned bright red.

Took me years to figure out why that was so embarrassing.

[Chris Nowlin]

But then it's a misprint:

Meltzer Takes His Inal Shift on "Monitor Duty

I made that exact joke in calculus class the other day. But then it was discussing indefinite integrals and explaining that if we moved the "in" we got the other core concept, indefinite tegrals

[Matt Algren]

I made that exact joke in calculus class the other day. But then it was discussing indefinite integrals and explaining that if we moved the "in" we got the other core concept, indefinite tegrals
That's hilarious.

[darkhanamaru]

i wish i understood math jokes better...

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

I made that exact joke in calculus class the other day. But then it was discussing indefinite integrals and explaining that if we moved the "in" we got the other core concept, indefinite tegrals

And you say you're single?

Hmph. Go figure.

[Puma]

I made that exact joke in calculus class the other day. But then it was discussing indefinite integrals and explaining that if we moved the "in" we got the other core concept, indefinite tegrals

That's hilarious.

i wish i understood math jokes better...

"Math is hard"

[darkhanamaru]

"Math is hard"

hey, my math ignorance has nothing to do with my gender! laziness yes :rolleyes:

[Puma]

hey, my math ignorance has nothing to do with my gender! laziness yes :rolleyes:

I keed, I keed!

My Dad majored in Nuclear Physics, I think he was a tad disappointed I went into the humanities and my brother went into boat building.

[Matt Algren]

This is weird.

Did Toku King (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/member.php?u=25599) forget who he was signed in as, or do he and smoothjokes (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=186618) just happen to have the same avatar?

[Tages]

No one ask how, no one ask where, no one ask why...

But somewhere there is a video of me singing "Hollaback Girl" in the internet.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

No one ask how, no one ask where, no one ask why...

But somewhere there is a video of me singing "Hollaback Girl" in the internet.

All I can say is, thank god there was no such thing as a cell phone camera or the internets back when I drank large amounts of whiskey on a regular basis.

[ragnarok_2012]

No one ask how, no one ask where, no one ask why...

But somewhere there is a video of me singing "Hollaback Girl" in the internet.

I have my own Arthurian Holy Grail Quest now.....

[Ray R.]

All I can say is, thank god there was no such thing as a cell phone camera or the internets back when I drank large amounts of whiskey on a regular basis.

I concur. I actually thought about the subject last night as to how candidates are going to live down their Google caches twenty years from now.....

"Sir, are you in fact hanging brain in this photograph?" (Don't ask if you don't know)

"Ma'am, was there a particular reason you are holding Miss Nevada's ta-tas next to your mouth?"

[Tages]

"Sir, are you in fact hanging brain in this photograph?" (Don't ask if you don't know)

That's what Urban Dictionary is for!

*checks*

...damn.

[Jared_Humpherys]

You should kill yourself now to spare any further agony.

[Ed Cunard]

And you say you're single?

Hmph. Go figure.

If that was a subtle math joke, you win the internets.

__________________________________________

TAGES. I WANT TO SEE VIDEO NOW.

K THANX BAI.

[jessecuster3]

Stupid server!


Jason2 I cannot believe you never heard hanging brain before?

[jessecuster3]

TAGES. I WANT TO SEE VIDEO NOW.

K THANX BAI.

Ok Kid Omega, you can give the keyboard back to Ed now...

[Paul McEnery]

No one ask how, no one ask where, no one ask why...

But somewhere there is a video of me singing "Hollaback Girl" in the internet.

BTW, let's take a closer look at that Wordsworth quatrain. Ignoring the sentiment (TRANS: I had a Godgasm).

"A presence that disturbs me with the joy
Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime
Of something far more deeply interfused,
Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns"-

Would even C.S. Lewis have written a book called Disturbed by Joy? I doubt it. Is one disturbed by elevated thoughts? Not so much. And what are "elevated thoughts" anyway, outside of thoughts you have on the 17th floor. Which is usually "bugger, I forgot to press 4". And does a theophany actually have to do with thoughts in any case?

"a sense sublime" -- the inversion preserves the scansion, but at the cost of drawing attention to the word "sublime", which is a classic of the 'tell, don't show" genre. "interfused" here is showy and obscure, and doesn't seem much more than a synonym for "sublime". But fair enough. Let's say that there's an apprehension of the immanent. Problem is, the line focuses on the word "sense" -- it's the noun modified by sublime, so it's his sensation that takes preeminence rather than the immanence itself.

"Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns" -- and this is where it really falls apart. It's sublime, it's interfused (whatever that might mean), which makes it universal -- and yet it's dwelling is the light of setting suns. Not so universal after all, then. Of course we're not talking about dwelling. We're talking about the emotional state being synaesthetically symbolized by a sunset. And suddenly we're sitting on a pushme-pullyou; are the thoughts/emotions rising or setting? In any case, twilight is associated with plangency (if not passivity), and not the disturbing joy of elevated thoughts.

"suns" is a bit odd, too. Seems like scansion preservation to me, but either the poet has been taken by little green aliens to visit alpha centauri, or he's talking about successive sunsets, in which case he's failed to actually make his point because he's trying to big it up; and in any case, is the light the same in every sunset, and are we talking about the pink bit, or the rayon vert as the sun sinks below the waves, or the light on the clouds if there are any clouds, or the light in the Mediterranean, or the light on a cold wet evening in the Dales, or something else entirely? Search me.

I'd prefer "there's a feeling I get when I look to the west", really I would.

Anyway, what we're getting here, if I read this correctly, is that the poet associates immanence with ego-dissolution (the setting sun), but is unable to face that directly, preferring to focus on his own sensation and the elevated thoughts to which it gives rise -- i.e. what we're reading, I suppose. Yay God!

But I'm still feeling neither the joy nor the disturbance, only the placid tranquility of somone shagged out after a long ramble.






Did I mention that I bloody hate Wordsworth? :D

[Paul McEnery]

And you say you're single?

Hmph. Go figure.

See, Ed, I think he's saying Chris is The One.

But The One for him? Or The One for all of us? That I couldn't tell you.

[Ed Cunard]

Stupid server!


Jason2 I cannot believe you never heard hanging brain before?

I can.

I'm surprised Ray knew it, though.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I bought a pint of Haagen-Dazs Reserve, Amazon Valley Chocolate.

Though naturally lighter in color, Amazon Valley cocoa beans deliver an intense flavor with notes of roasted chestnuts and hazelnuts.

YUM. K BAI.

[Tages]

"Sir, are you in fact hanging brain in this photograph?" (Don't ask if you don't know)

That's what Urban Dictionary is for!

*checks*

...damn.

[Paul McEnery]

I can.

I'm surprised Ray knew it, though.

He's hep. He's with-it. He's getting a tattoo, you know.

[jessecuster3]

I can.

I'm surprised Ray knew it, though.

Maybe it is a college thing?

[jessecuster3]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I am scarily obsessed with this video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=3R5DT2WLWWE), I have watched it like 10 times already.

[Merey]

I love my Wii even though I haven't played it all summer, but then I never really play video games in the summer. Smash Bros, Mario Galaxy, and Mario Kart all look great.

But the 360 is getting Too Human as well as Eternal Sonata, which means I'll pick one up.

I just bought Resident Evil 4 last week. That's not usually my kind of game (Mario Kart is more my speed), but it's AWESOME. I can actually accurately shoot using the remote. I was hopeless with the the controller. Anyway, ZOMBIES! WEEE!



Netflix (http://www.netflix.com) is the best. I don't know why I waited so long to sign up.

And I doubt they'll go exclusively Netflix Blu Ray.

[darkhanamaru]

I bought a pint of Haagen-Dazs Reserve, Amazon Valley Chocolate.

Though naturally lighter in color, Amazon Valley cocoa beans deliver an intense flavor with notes of roasted chestnuts and hazelnuts.

YUM. K BAI.

i am in a pate of pork liver and champagne covered in black pepper mood myself...

[Tages]

BTW, let's take a closer look at that Wordsworth quatrain. Ignoring the sentiment (TRANS: I had a Godgasm).

But sentiment is all I have.

*ssssssnnnnnniiiiiip*

...goddamn you.

I have yet to develope any consistent crtieria to evaluate my Godgasms. Currently working on that.

[Paul McEnery]

But sentiment is all I have.

As the good drives out the great, so sentiment inoculates the heart against feeling.

[Tages]

As the good drives out the great, so sentiment inocculates the heart against feeling.

There really should have been an exclamation point after that.

Mine, not yours.

I'm now accepting suggestions for new Godgasm material.

Anyone?

[Jared_Humpherys]

Slogging through the morass that is the Bioshock TRU early release has left me drained, disillusioned, and with nothing to show for it.


Oh, well. At least I got Persona 3 today.

Edit: Oh, and I suppose it was an educational experience as well.

[Ray R.]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I am scarily obsessed with this video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=3R5DT2WLWWE), I have watched it like 10 times already.

For some reason, this one I've watched numerous times.

It's just so, so dark. I can't believe I haven't seen it before.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MW4oaVeDHE4

[darkhanamaru]

AS kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s
Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;
Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:
Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;
Selves—goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,
Crying Whát I do is me: for that I came.

[Deathstroke]

No one ask how, no one ask where, no one ask why...

But somewhere there is a video of me singing "Hollaback Girl" in the internet.

That's really only mildly interesting if you are wearing one of Gwen Stefani's outfits at the same time.

[Matt Algren]

I've lost the will to post.

I think I'll go home.

[Jared_Humpherys]

I've lost the will to post.

I think I'll go home.

What happened, Matt?

[darkhanamaru]

it is going to be a long night workwise..

[Matt Algren]

What happened, Matt?
Nothing. I'm just loggy.

[Paul McEnery]

AS kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s
Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;
Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:
Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;
Selves—goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,
Crying Whát I do is me: for that I came.

Damn that's good.

I figured it for Hopkins, and I'm smug as a bug in a porter jug to find that I'm right.

Though who the hell else it could be is another matter.

[Athena Bast]

God bless that he can cook...

Rice, green pepper, mushrooms, carrots and chicken with a yummy teriyaki sauce.