Recent content by Redweaver

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    A Penny For NASA: The Petition

    Someone has never heard of Velcro. Not to mention the microminiaturization boom that lets you carry a supercomputer in your pocket. (That would be an iPhone or similar if you didn't get it) And I find it odd, the idea that if they produced more they'd get more funding. But don't they...
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    How comes gamers are "entitled" when they don't get what they expect from a product?

    Doesn't have to be a law or even a writen store policy for it to be true. Bought a $5 copy of Zapped (crappy '80's movie with Scott Baio) at WalMart. Took it home and watched it. Didn't care for it. Took it back for refund and bought some apples instead. I have no idea if that's...
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    How comes gamers are "entitled" when they don't get what they expect from a product?

    You're trying to make a joke, but unfortunately you've just made yourself the punchline. The funny part? You CAN return that book and DVD for your money back.
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    Poll: Did Star Trek break the real Space-program?

    Pressure relief of having a frontier to reduce our planetary population. A major goal driving global innovation. Potential revenue streams from tourism and industry, both manufacturing and resource extraction. A major goal to drive education and give students a huge potential jobset to train...
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    Poll: Did Star Trek break the real Space-program?

    Microminiaturization driving the personal computer boom. MRIs. Velcro. High quality camera optics. Global communication. Weather forcasting. Advances in hydroponics. Yeah, no useful purpose there. The trouble isn't there's no useful purpose, the trouble is people not connecting all...
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    "We're Making It Accessible to a Wider Audience."

    Pretty much this. It's simple numbers. At least half the world is average. And half of what's left is below average. So it basically only sucks for the above average and they don't care about a tiddling minority.
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    Mass effect dev: "Stop thinking you're the producer."

    But they don't care. They already have the money and you're just a whiney, over-entitled fanboy. Make a crappy product, have underhanded business practices, rake in tons of money and belittle and vilify the people who buy your product. And apparently we're the problem. Go figure.
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    Mass effect dev: "Stop thinking you're the producer."

    And this is why consumers are coming to despise corporations/the "free" market.
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    I don't understand griefing

    The next time you see people enjoying a basketball game too much go knock the ball out of their hands and see what happens. Or find a rugby game to disrupt, I dare you. You only do it because you know you won't get punched in the face and you know your justification is weaksauce.
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    I don't understand griefing

    They aren't getting angry over a video game, they're getting angry over an asshat. Angry at a video game is throwing your controler when you can't make a jump or lose a boss fight over and over. If I get mad at someone for walking over and spitting in my lunch, am I angry at the food?
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    Need new music.

    Mama's Pride, the best blues band you've never heard of out of St. Louis, MO. Andy McKee does some amazing acoustic guitar two handed tapping. Michael Franks for some smooth, sexy jazz. This is music to get laid to. Joe Satriani is great for instrumental guitar rock wankery...
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    Final Fantasy fans! What's your favourite Final Fantasy game and why?

    It's a toss-up between 6 (U.S.#3), 7 and 9. If 7 got an HD remake for next gen systems (Wii U and the competitiors it will have) then it would probably win hands down because I loved the materia system. Everything after 9 blows goats. Thank the Gawds 9 was an awesome swansong for the series.
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    Why do people think the laws are perfect?

    People who say marijuana is dangerous in some way are utterly ignorant. Ignorant of the history of hemp. Ignorant of who Harry J. Anslinger is. And ignorant of all the medical studies done not paid for by interests who goal is to keep weed illegal. And, unfortunatly, there is truth in the...
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    Gimme some dubstep!

    Again, not dubstep, but I think it's pretty awesome. Let me know if this non-step music should stay outta yer thread.
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    Gimme some dubstep!

    Hellfire. I was rocking out to this track, and then that Obama break in the middle ruined it. I know what was said is true, but it just killed the flow for me. :( Oh well. I guess I can just skip or mute that bit.