Just wanna say the integrated version is definitely better. Watched some Arrested Development before the awful football game last night and it loaded far more quickly and streamed much more efficiently.

Very happy.

In the Meantime was awesome back in the day. Met one of the guys from the band when I worked at DFW. At least he said he was. Digged earlier the Riverboat Gamblers but I'm not sure about that song. Big Country should be fun. Sister Christian, Werewolves of London, Foolin', Radar Love, Hardest Button to Button, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 are all awesome. And why has I Love Rock and Roll not been on a RB before? That song was just made for RB.

And whose dick do I gotta suck for some studio Thin Lizzy? And when will Zeppelin finally allow us to get what we all want? And what about more AC/DC than that not very fun Live album?

I must say that PlayOn has FAR exceeded any expectations I had.

That being said, I'm not yet fully prepared to cut the umbilicus. I tried out an internal digital antenna and only got 3 of the 5 broadcast stations. I may again try with a different internal antenna, but I'm not ready to mount one on the roof or in the attic.

All that being said, though, the wife and I were amazed at how much crisper the HD channels looked from the antenna as opposed to through UVerse. Stunning picture, actually. And the ESPN3 streaming as well as most other available streaming content was FAR better quality that I had expected it to be. You'll have the usual few seconds of initial buffering like any internet video, but then it "just works".

Anyway, that's the long and short if it for now. Will update more if there's anything to update. If you have even remotely considered it, I highly recommend at least giving it the 14-day trial to see if it is for you. Don't need to give a credit card or any of that information up front, so there's nothing to lose.

Dunno if anyone else has played any games in the series, but I'm really psyched for this. The first one was alright. It had an interesting story, and a great open world climbing mechanic, but it was too repetitive and a bit humourless. The sequel improved it loads, with more to do, a more likable main character and much more colourfull setting(your ultimate enemy is the friggin' POPE!). And they're continuing that plotline with this, throwing in an interesting Multiplayer mode to boot:

Thanks Thai

Not saying all of them had the issue. But apparently Sony has had a hell of a time keeping the original PS3's running. the mainboards were frying fast.

And plus it was my main blu-ray (only really) player so it got used a TON.

Fuck "Madden Day". November 2nd is going to be my unofficial work holiday. For the latest details on what's been announced for the game thus far:

us.gran-turismo.com/us/news/d5247p1.html

And the updated announcements from the gamescom:

blog.us.playstation.com/2010/08/19/gran-turismo-5s-gamescom-announcements/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=gran_turismo_081910

sorry BFG, but straight from the judges ruling:

"Merely bypassing a technological protection that restricts a user from viewing or using a work is insufficient to trigger the (Digital Millennium Copyright Act's) anti-circumvention provision"

"The DMCA prohibits only forms of access that would violate or impinge on the protections that the Copyright Act otherwise affords copyright owners."

so no, simply the act of circumventing copy protection is no longer considered a violation. it's only illegal to circumvent the protection with the purpose of infringing the copyright. and with protection cracking software having a legal use, it will be made legal the minute someone questions it. you don't need to be a lawyer to know they plenty of precedent on that front.

and the line about short use for noncommercial purposes, that's basically just reiterating what Fair Use is. unless you're trying to tell me they specifically made it legal to make shitty remixes on youtube and nothing else. just as it does not infringe on a copyright to rip a CD to your computer for personal use, it just the same doesn't infringe on a copyright to rip a movie onto your computer for personal use. nor does it is infringe on a copyright to play your itunes movie on a non-ipod device. i repeat, "The DMCA prohibits only forms of access that would violate or impinge on the protections that the Copyright Act otherwise affords copyright owners."

so yes, even though it wasn't exampled explicitly, the ruling does include breaking an itunes DRM.

Seriously, the screen is AMAZING. Outside of that, it's an iPhone. You either like them by now or hate them.

Oh, as for the death touch...I go from 2.5-1.7mb down to 2.0 to 1.2 mb down when touching the phone. I've had other's try it out on my phone and they get the same results. It doesn't cause any dropped calls, but so far I've been in spots getting 4-5 bars of 3G goodness.

Maybe the issue is that AT&T still sucks?

(I'm with Rogers in Canada for those who might be wondering).

Thanks, Zig, haven't tried any yet, but will keep posted on the result.

Those are awesome, Gator. If I can pry myself away from Super Mario Galaxy 2 I'll get going with Modnation.

It wasn't really a loan.

And I wonder how tech reporters who said the iPod would be the death of Apple took the news. I'm guessing by writing column about how the iPad and iPhone will kill Mac OS and Apple's desire to make computers.

I made one. I tried to incorporate Pun's House into the title, but it was too long. So it's just Online Onslaught Wrestling. Message my gamertag if you want in (JonRocketpants)

www.engadget.com/2010/05/25/harmonix-teases-keyboards-for-rock-band-3/



"Harmonix hasn't been dishing out a ton of Rock Band 3 details lately apart from confirming that it'll be out this holiday season, but it just revealed a big one in the demo for Green Day: Rock Band. If that not so subtle teaser above is any indication, it looks like Rock Band 3 will be adding keyboards to the equation. "

If they make a keytar controller, then they better have some Lights tracks!

You can text from Google Voice, and most smartphones support it now via apps.

On the iPhone and iTouch, it's through a website.

It gives you the ability to get vm's transcribed and emailed automatically, different vm messages played for different people, handling calls differently from other people etc.

It's cool. I quite like it.

But see me, I joined the OpTard crowd.

It's what the cool kids do...

oh, and read your damn PM Ziggford

It works on top of Windows or Mac. You can turn it on and off at will. When you turn it off, you go right back to your old desktop. You can also have it start when Windows starts, or you can start it manually. It does make the boot up process a little slow, but everything else runs just like normal.

That video makes me want to buy a touch screen capable monitor.

Well wait, I might have to re-think. They're hinting that it may be the true successor to the DS rather than just another iteration of it (think GameBoy Advance as opposed to GameBoy).

Still, I'll probably hold out until the "2nd iteration" of it. And I'll be hanging on to my DSi no matter what so I can continue playing the assload of ROMs I downloaded for the R4.

Okay, it's after midnight here, and the problem's gone. Looks like it was related to the leap year thing.

Okay, I lied. Sorry to keep this thread going...

The router/modem/desktop all love each other and are living in peace in harmony. The laptops however do not see the new network.

Seamus somehow got his laptop working (hehehe) but not because it recognized the name we gave our network. he somehow set up a new network, which i CAN see, but can't connect to.

Right!

www.gametrailers.com/video/batman-arkham-spike-tv/59828
Looks like the new one is set in a walled off section of the city, Escape From New York style, and through various hints in the trailer we'll be getting Penguin, Black Mask and Two Face this time:

I believe the original 60Gb came out at $599.