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General Chat / Re: Life on Mars Dissertation

« on: February 17, 2009, 05:08:02 PM »

They already discovered life on Mars, but it's in the form of microscopic bacteria and other single-celled organisms that signify the most basic forms of life.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Do you Homebrew?

« on: February 17, 2009, 10:05:00 AM »

??????????
"Taking away" money is when you don't buy them through VC. You don't have to not buy them on VC.
Also, you aren't taking money. You just aren't giving it to them.

Okay, then you're just not giving them money that they should've gotten. That's because they would've earned that money if you got games off of the Virtual Console the right way, not using hacks to get them for free.

I'd like to add another point I should've made earlier:

If hacking Brawl to make new character skins is pointless, isn't complaining about it even more pointless?

Yes, it is. That's why I'm not complaining about it; I'm posting my opinion of it.

Software that is normally purchased can be obtained for free with many types of software. In this case, no one really considers it from the company's point of view. You may not care, but they certainly do, and them missing out on profits could potentially affect the products we receive. Maybe you shouldn't complain about Nintendo making their games "worse." You may be the cause of that because they're not making as much profit as they intend to, so they're just putting things out there to make a good profit. They already lose billions of dollars from pirating, so you can't say that it's not affecting them.

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Forum Games / Re: Lets count to the last digit in pi FOR REAL

« on: February 16, 2009, 08:57:50 AM »

3

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Video Game Chat / Re: Do you Homebrew?

« on: February 16, 2009, 08:48:22 AM »

I don't like Homebrew at all. The people who created it ruined the Nintendo Wii. This is because now the Virtual Console is useless if you can get the games on there for free. That takes away money that Nintendo rightfully deserves. Emulation and hacking on a new system is just ridiculous; it ruins everything by creating so many problems in gaming communities and companies, and many skilled people can lose a match in a game because someone else decided to hack and cheat their way to achieve some goals.

Here's an example:

Once, I was playing Mario Kart Wii. I was playing Balloon Battle online, and one of my teammates was hacking. He stood in the middle of GBA Battle Course 3, and he had a permanent Mega Mushroom, Star, and he also had a constant supply of Winged Shells and Red Turtle Shells. We won the match so easily with barely any effort. Meanwhile, someone on the other team could've been an extremely good player with a very high BR rating, yet lost because some unskilled or unconfident player decided to hack.

I don't mind hacking in older games, but doing it for newer games is pointless. It takes the fun out of the generation that won't come back again. Besides, it's hard to enjoy the game in the first place when you have hackers and people not willing to pay an easily-obtainable $5 to get a game.

I just find it sad that people have to resort to such things, especially since they're able to afford the $250 for a Wii, however much for a computer, and online connectivity.

Homebrew haters, I ask, do you at least respect the Brawl hacking teams?

I respect the Brawl hacking teams for their effort, but I think what they're doing is pointless. What's the purpose of a texture hack, other than to look cool? You're just playing a character with a modified look. All characters' attacks remain the same, as well as the physics of the game and everything else it has to offer.

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Mario Chat / Re: Favorite character in Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels/2

« on: February 16, 2009, 08:34:48 AM »

I prefer Luigi because he jumps higher. If you want to get to an elevated area, it's not as annoying because you don't have to get a running start all of the time or as often as if you used Mario.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: January 29, 2009, 09:21:11 AM »

Mouse (computing)

In computing, a mouse (plural mouses, mice, or mouse devices) is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons. It sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features can add more control or dimensional input. The mouse's motion typically translates into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows for fine control of a Graphical User Interface.

The name mouse, originated at the Stanford Research Institute, derives from the resemblance of early models (which had a cord attached to the rear part of the device, suggesting the idea of a tail) to the common mouse.

The first marketed integrated mouse – shipped as a part of a computer and intended for personal computer navigation – came with the Xerox 8010 Star Information System in 1981.

However, not until appearance of Apple Macintosh community masses really had idea of this device's existence: back in 1984, a prominent PC coloumnist commented the release of this new computer with a mouse: “There is no evidence that people want to use these things.”

Mouses now come with most computers, although they can be bought separately.

                     
A contemporary computer mouse, with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel which can also act as a third button.

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Mario Chat / Re: Mario video requests

« on: January 12, 2009, 09:51:07 PM »

OK, HyperCam got me through the short Paper Mario battle, but just died on me trying to record the SMB3 speedrun. (It lengthened it by 90 seconds - ???) I have a fairly clean DVD copy of each, does anyone have a better alternative to getting DVD content into .avi or .mpg format? Otherwise, I might need to put a time limit of roughly 3 minutes on further requests.

If you somehow get the DVD file onto your computer, you can go to Media Converter and convert the file into a more desirable file.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Best selling game of all time

« on: January 10, 2009, 11:50:01 PM »

I think you're all being biased because you worship Super Mario Brothers. :D

Actually, I barely play Super Mario Bros, and I'm not biased on it in any way. I just don't think a game like Wii Sports would be something people will remember after a long time, especially since they're already forgetting about it now.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Best selling game of all time

« on: January 10, 2009, 08:48:24 AM »

Both Super Mario Bros and Wii Sports would still have sold tens of millions of copies if they weren't bundled.

I highly doubt that Super Mario Bros. and Wii Sports would've sold even half the amount they did now if they weren't bundled with their systems. No other game, bundled or not, has sold even close to how much they sold, besides Tetris. What makes you think these two games would still sell tens of millions when so many other great games didn't?

Wii Sports is the Super Mario Bros of our generation.

What exactly does that mean? Super Mario Bros. was the most popular, most played, and probably most talked about game when it came out. Wii Sports is not talked about much at all, and I doubt people even think about it too much. Half the people who have it probably don't play it anymore. That's a lot unlike Super Mario Bros. when it first came out.

Super Mario Bros. is a classic, and you can't compare some game like Wii Sports to it just because it outsold it. I doubt it outsold it anyway, because 40 million Wii's have not been sold so far.

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Forum Games / Re: Let's count to a million FOR REAL

« on: January 02, 2009, 12:02:22 AM »

48...

I could technically skip to 999,999 if I wanted to because you never said we had to count by 1's.

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General Chat / Re: Winter 2008 ADVANCED Poster Awards

« on: December 27, 2008, 11:06:11 AM »

Poster of the Year: Bird Person
Topic of the Year: Super Paper Mario Max Stats (May contain spoilers)
Post of the Year: Kimimaru's first post here (very informative)
Most Productive Poster: Chupperson Wierd
Smartest Poster: penguinwizard
Funniest Poster: Bird Person
The WTD Award: Not voting
Most Missed: PaperLuigi
Best New Member: Count Bleck
The Deezer Award: Deezer

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Forum Games / Re: A Mario Story: You Add ONE Sentence to the Tale II

« on: December 11, 2008, 09:14:16 PM »

...he developed a sudden urge to spend all of his money on coconut-flavored cupcakes, which he eventually put in the recycle, but it wasn't accepted by the recycle men.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: December 07, 2008, 09:12:58 PM »

Wireless router

A wireless router is a network device that performs the functions of a router but also includes the functions of a wireless access point. It is commonly used to allow access to the Internet or a computer network without the need for a cabled connection. It can function in a wired LAN (local area network), a wireless only LAN, or a mixed wired/wireless network. Most current wireless routers have the following characteristics:

-LAN ports, which function in the same manner as the ports of a network switch
-A WAN port, to connect to a wider area network. The routing functions are filtered using this port. If it is not used, many functions of the router will be bypassed.
-Wireless antennae. These allow connections from other wireless devices (NICs (network interface cards), wireless repeaters, wireless access points, and wireless bridges, for example).

                                                                   

                                                            
                                                                                        A typical wireless router.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!

« on: November 17, 2008, 09:34:53 PM »

Drawer

A drawer is a piece of furniture that is most often shaped as a short, wide topless box and is used for storage. It is generally stored within another, larger piece of furniture (such as a dresser), and may be pulled out from it partway to access its contents, as in a chest of drawers. Many drawers have pulls, handles, or knobs to facilitate pulling them out from the enclosure.

Most older or inexpensive furniture and cabinets use wooden sliders, upon which the drawer slides as it is opened or closed. Wood slides are lubricated with paraffin wax. Newer furniture and cabinets may use plastic friction sliders, or more elaborate bearings sliders, which will provide smoother operation with less binding.

There are many types of drawers. An example of one is a Cash drawer.

A cash drawer is generally a compartment underneath a cash register in which the cash from transactions is kept. The drawer typically contains a removable till. The till is usually divided into compartments used to store each denomination of bank notes and coins separately to make counting easier. The removable till allows moneys to be removed from the sales floor to a more secure location for counting and creating bank deposits.

A cash drawer is usually of strong construction and may be integral with the register or a separate piece that the register sits atop. It slides in and out of its lockable box and is secured by a spring-loaded catch. When a transaction that involves cash is completed, the register sends an electrical impulse to a solenoid to release the catch and open the drawer.

Cash drawers that are integral to a stand-alone register often have a manual release catch underneath to open the drawer in the event of a power failure. More modern cash drawers have eliminated the manual release in favor of a cylinder lock, requiring a key to manually open the drawer. The cylinder lock usually has three positions: locked, unlocked, and release. The release position is an intermittent position with a spring to push the cylinder back to the unlocked position. In the "locked" position, the drawer will remain latched even when an electric signal is sent to the solenoid.



                                                   
                                                                                                    A Drawer

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: All drugs should be legal

« on: November 13, 2008, 12:18:25 PM »

Drugs shouldn't be legal. Although the economy is doing horrible in the United States right now, that's not the point. The government is supposed to provide security to the people and ensure that they're being protected against harmful substances. Legalizing drugs would violate this idea and create conflicts in other countries because some people there might want drugs legalized too.

Why would anyone want to do drugs anyway? You're fine without them.

If drugs become legal, then that's basically saying that anything else harmful can become legal. Soon enough, people will be walking through the streets with bombs in their hands and that will be fine...