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Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

I want to see some true HD Porn. I want a 1080p blu-ray pornographic movie. I just don't trust porn companies to actually shoot in HD and then master the disc properly, because, let's be honest, I'm from a generation that watched softcore porn because the planets aligned and cinemax came in slightly less blurry one evening. >99.9% of porn consumers do not give a flying gently caress about quality. I'm also leary of any website that sells pornographic dvds.

If I actually go to the length to purchase something from a smut peddler and it's some 480i upscaled bullshit I would be FURIOUS.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2014 00:28

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 10:07

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

The south park guys made the analogy that it's like using a bulldozer to build a sandcastle.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2014 18:47

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

GOTTA STAY FAI posted:

You could also try the Virtually Indestructible Keyboard:

http://www.staples.com/office/suppl...&KPID=IM1F91378

(they do, of course, make models that don't light up, but where's the fun in that?)

I typed my thesis on one of these. Takes a bit to get used to, but once you get going, it's gold. They're dead serious about the "this thing is friggin' invincible" bit--it took way more punishment than any other modern computer keyboard could.

It also has the distinction of being the only keyboard on which someone spilled a martini and I was able to keep working with no problem, so there's that.

Ha, when I was in the military I was on a detail and the civilian was showing us what to do when he picked up one of these, mutilated, and noted sadly that it was "...supposed to be indestructible."

# ¿ May 9, 2014 01:18

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

If I'm ever a rich man I want a shower that's an entire room.

# ¿ May 15, 2014 02:03

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

There's a handful in the original Dead Space. Pretty awesome.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2014 20:13

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

strangemusic posted:

I remember you could do something to give yourself more Stasis... What else?

http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/943339-dead-space/cheats

Most of them are 'only once' uses but you can still get 7 nodes and 18,000 credits. Makes the early game a lot more manageable, though less scary.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 16:56

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

Jerry Cotton posted:

I kept/keep manuels in the box and the boxes on a shelf so I never had this problem. Also I only had like five computer games as a kid so this wasn't a huge problem.

Hopefully someday you'll give it back to Manuel.

I miss manuals, but totally understand why they've gone the way of the dodo. Metal Gear Solid 1 had an incredible manual for something that just came packaged with the regular base game.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2014 19:53

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

Code Jockey posted:

I still remember that feeling of "haha holy poo poo this actually works" with that.

I've had that feeling a couple times, playing a burned copy of Dracula X was really neat. And kind of a letdown, as I think by the time I could do it it was already the PS2 era. But putting a burnt CD in my drive and playing a video game I'd only read about for years was really cool.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2014 18:31

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 10:07

Full Battle Rattle: Aug 29, 2009; As long as the times refuse to change, we're going to make a hell of a racket.

Pilsner posted:

It's businesses we're talking about, no sane private person uses fax. Surely a business can implement a secure way of transferring files if they can be bothered. What about HTTPS or SFTP?

I would think that faxing wouldn't be too terribly secure. If you could listen to it, couldn't a terminal decode it?

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 23:38

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