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Word DIS-association game

samarudge — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:11:22 GMT

You must post a compleatly disasociated word to the previous one I.E.

Elephant, Battery is OK
Elephant, Plant is OK
Elephant, Giraph is NOT (Both Animals)
Elephant, Table is NOT (4 Legs)

Etc.

Not allowed words: Universe, Plannet, Dictionary, Thesorus, Internet (Including Google :P) and any other words that are globaly associated

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Word DIS-association game

samarudge — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:02:27 GMT

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My life according to {Band name}

JasonHippy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:50:36 GMT

Being a miserable sod, I don't usually do crap like this. But what the hell?! I'm bored!

Using only song titles from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions.. Don't repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think!
Copy the following text into your post and then answer the questions/statements..

My life according to {insert band name here}...

Are you a male or female?

Describe yourself:

How do you feel?

Describe where you currently live:

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?:

What is your favorite form of transportation:

Your best friend[s] is[are]:

You and your best friends are:

What's the weather like?:

Favourite time of day?

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?

What is life to you?

Your current relationship?

Your greatest fear?

What is the best advice you have to give?

Thought for the Day?

How would you like to die?

Your soul's present condition is:

Your motto is:

OK, I'll go first...repost will follow shortly...

guessing anime character ^.^

ahihihi... — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:48:59 GMT

post ur description about an anime character to let people guess the anime character...

sample:

an adolescent nimble yellow haired ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a Hokage..

answer : Naruto Uzumaki

oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=oOo=

Leader and teacher of Team 7, consisting of the series' primary characters, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki. He is initially portrayed as a detached and apathetic figure, but as the series progresses, his loyalty to his friends and students becomes increasingly apparent. Kakashi's past has been extensively explored in the series, resulting in a gaiden being devoted to his past experiences.

News Story Is Sony a Linux killer?

happygeek — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:07:28 GMT

Most people welcomed the news that the Sony PlayStation 3 was slimming down, both in physical size and in terms of off the shelf pricing. The Linux crowd are not so impressed however.

According to SCE president and CEO Kazuo Hirai, the PS3 slim is some 36 percent lighter and 32 percent smaller than the original PS3 but retains the Blu-ray player along with a 120GB hard drive. What it has got rid of, according to reports, is the option to run Linux under an Install Other OS option that is available on the fat PS3.

Who cares, you might be thinking. After all, it's just a games console and the number of users who will be fiddling with the thing to install any kind of Linux on to it has to be fairly small in the scheme of things. Well, yes, maybe. But the small number of researchers who have been using the PS3 Cell processor by running Linux and creating PS3 clusters to further their research on a budget will see it as a big loss.

A (since deleted) forum post on an official Sony PlayStation website stated:

"In order to offer the OtherOS install, SCE would need to continue to maintain the OtherOS hypervisor drivers for any significant hardware changes - this costs SCE. One of our key objectives with the new model is to pass on cost savings to the consumer with a lower retail price. Unfortunately in this case the cost of OtherOS install did not fit with the wider objective to offer a lower cost PS3."

Oh well, maybe those researchers had better start saving up for a $35 million, 1.6 petaflops, Cell processor powered IBM RoadRunner supercomputer instead.

News Story Is the average gamer really depressed, fat and chasing forty?

newsguy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:18:27 GMT

I am, it appears, a lot more average than I hoped. Well, at least when it comes to the world of computer gaming. A new study reveals, amongst other things, that the profile of the average gamer looks a lot less like the hyperactive, cola drinking teen obsessed with kicking alien ass. In fact, it reckons, your average gamer looks a lot more like me: 35 and fed up.

Not that I am a perfect match, I will admit, as I don't consider myself to be overly aggressive (your average gamer is) nor introverted (I'm more of an Andrew WK 'Party Hard' type of guy) or even particularly overweight, so there is hope for me yet to escape the bondage of being average after all.

But then again it turns out that not only is the study based on data from 2006, but the original survey carried out in 2006 was restricted to just 552 people who lived in the Seattle, Washington. Which leaves me wondering just how representative of your average gamer the report really is. Mind you, it also concludes that playing video games is bad for your health and that many gamers show multiple signs of addiction. Nothing new in that opinion, of course, people have been telling us that gaming is bad for you for years. But there is also nothing new in this report that makes me take that particular opinion any the more seriously either, so I'll continue playing and getting older I think.

News Story Five Reasons You Would Want an Apple Tablet

Techwriter10 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:57:18 GMT

The whispers have been getting louder lately that Apple will be be announcing the long-rumored Tablet next month at its September keynote.

We have all learned that these rumors are often wrong and Apple moves at its own pace, but the idea of an Apple Tablet with a 10 inch touch-screen--effectively an iPhone with a large screen--is so intriguing that it's hard for a blogger like to me to ignore. That's why I've come up with a list of five reasons you'll want to own this baby if in fact it ever comes to fruition.

1. Super eBook Reader
As I wrote about in Apple eBook Reader Could Change Everything, a tablet could be Apple's entree into the eBook market. When interface guru, Jakob Nielsen analyzed the Kindle, he wrote that the interface was great for book reading, but it failed as an internet device. An Apple Tablet would be the best of both worlds. Folks already use the iPhone as an eBook reader, although the screen size makes it a bit uncomfortable reading for a long period of time. The Tablet would provide that larger form for more comfortable reading and it's an Apple, so you know the display and interface would be superb.

2. Watching Videos
On a recent plane trip, I used my iPhone to watch TV shows I had downloaded from the iTunes Store. I found it surprisingly comfortable watching video, but the screen is small for extended viewing and the battery life is less than optimal. Watching content like TV shows on a 10 inch Apple Tablet would be an infinitely better experience. I would hope a Tablet would come with similar long-life battery technology as the new Mac Book Pros that would enable you to watch video for 6-8 hours, rather than the couple of hours you are limited to on the iPhone.

3. Netbook
Along with the Tablet, the Apple Netbook has been a persistent rumor even though Steve Jobs has said he doesn't want to attack the low end of the market. As my son pointed out to me recently, the 10 inch screen would be large enough, so you could have the touch screen keyboard along the bottom of it, providing a way to type in a natural fashion without an external keyboard. But if Apple really wanted to make this a portable computer, they would let third-party manufacturers develop a wireless external keyboard.

4. Business Device
The Tablet PC business never took off the way people expected, but it did find its niches. For instance, my doctor carries around a bulky Tablet PC to do his work. Wouldn't the job be infinitely simpler with a light-weight, thin 10 inch device? The Apple Tablet would provide all of the functionality in a much smaller footprint.

5. Gaming Device
The Apple iPhone has changed the gaming market as developers flock to the device to develop new games. A 10 inch Apple Tablet would give Apple a portable gaming device to rival Nintendo and Sony for the portable gaming device market.

Nobody really knows if Apple is planning such a device or if they are if the announcement is really coming next month, but for now it's fun to speculate what it would mean if they did.