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AusGAF 6 - Ricki Lee is awful. Everything else about Australia is AMAZING [Free hugs]
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BananaArnie
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codswallop
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It's even better! It's a national park, with species of both flora and fauna that have not been in that area for ages.
True. But I could've sworn we were equal with the US on app store prices. My curiosity was not so much in the disparity in general, but that on (effectively) the same shopfront there are two conflicting trains of thought.
Of course, I could be completely wrong if prices are indeed different for apps b/w US and AU, but I hope not.
Edit: Nope.
Song: AU US
App: AU US
shanshan310
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Round 1: Velociraptors victory over triceratops.
(anyone want to change the names?)
(anyone want to change the names?)
Dude, no. Arcade. One or two machines per cell... I haven't decided yet. Brings new meaning to the phrase "lock-in".
Jeff Green is awesome, I'd love to meet him.
I would love to go to PAX and GenCon and meet Fred Hicks, Greg Stolze, D. Vincent Baker, Luke Crane, Adam Scott Glancy, Shane Ivey, Kenneth Hite, and the list goes on. Yep, I'm aware no-one here knows who those people are.
After hearing about your great time over there, Stackboy, I've been really thinking about saving up enough cash to go to both of those events. They are about 2 weeks apart, so it should be doable with some sightseeing in between. It'll be difficult going it alone, but I reckon it'll be worth it.
I would love to go to PAX and GenCon and meet Fred Hicks, Greg Stolze, D. Vincent Baker, Luke Crane, Adam Scott Glancy, Shane Ivey, Kenneth Hite, and the list goes on. Yep, I'm aware no-one here knows who those people are.
After hearing about your great time over there, Stackboy, I've been really thinking about saving up enough cash to go to both of those events. They are about 2 weeks apart, so it should be doable with some sightseeing in between. It'll be difficult going it alone, but I reckon it'll be worth it.
That is cool.
To hell with mandatory Student Skills seminars. My Tuesdays deserve better.
FormallyMegadrive
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Turns out Unity is pretty intuitive. The tutorials are very straight forward. I'll screw around with boxes for a week then move onto this ex2d plugin.
reptilescorpio
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The Butterfly Effect were so good back in the EP/Begins Here days 
Doesn't help that you are forced to play on Easy for the first playthrough. YOU SHOULD BE PLAYING FOR THE STORY THOUGH!
Also the controls are way better, much more fluid and logical. Nothing more fun than unloading a full clip into mofos and doing a super slomo spin reload into killing more mofos. Also slo mo slide jumping into a prone on the floor as you unload the clip.
*SPLODGE*
Which is why even some brothers can have one going bald at 18 and the other looking fine at 30. Too damn random! Maybe it is faith based.
You are worse than Hitler sir. A pox on your PC.
Doesn't help that you are forced to play on Easy for the first playthrough. YOU SHOULD BE PLAYING FOR THE STORY THOUGH!
Also the controls are way better, much more fluid and logical. Nothing more fun than unloading a full clip into mofos and doing a super slomo spin reload into killing more mofos. Also slo mo slide jumping into a prone on the floor as you unload the clip.
*SPLODGE*
How is that polio going. Ken always looks like he has had a stroke at some point, maybe it is just that his mind is off being brilliant while his flesh is stuck on this mortal plane.PAX East
In any case I will admit that JDownloader picks up SoundCloud no problem. I feel dirty but I hate iTunes
Welcome back my lord!
Pff student skills.
It all about the abilty to cram in the last 2 weeks because lets face it, you enjoy the challenge.
They really were. It's sad to see them breaking up but it all went downhill after Begins Here. I wasn't likely to stay interested for anything else they produced had they continued on though.The Butterfly Effect were so good back in the EP/Begins Here days
I saw them last time they toured late last year and their set-list was in chronological order (I'm sure you can see the problem with this already). The show starts and it's amazing, awesome tracks from the EP and then a bunch from Begins Here. Then I start losing interest as they continue to their newer stuff...those songs...just...no. Still doesn't take away from the fact the first ~25 minutes was damn good.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Australian Government Goes Ahead With Price Inquiry Into The Cost Of Tech/Games
Sorry if re-post. Retailers have a lot to answer for, especially for digital downloads.
Sorry if re-post. Retailers have a lot to answer for, especially for digital downloads.
viciouskillersquirrel
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So it's 3:48 am and I am sitting here at Brisbane international airport waiting for the flight that'll take me to Sydney, thence to Canada.
Apart from a barrel of maple syrup, what should I get while I'm there?
Apart from a barrel of maple syrup, what should I get while I'm there?
Billy Shorten is the man, and may god have mercy on our souls.
Those united tears are glorious.
Done? As in, because citeh won or because of their fans reaction?
I hate citeh and a few of their players, but the bug three have won enough. Since Newcastle and spurs can't win, that leaves one option. However, de jong can gagf.
Carlos 8)
bodyboarder
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And boring.
viciouskillersquirrel
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That only works if they already like you.
By the way, I keep hearing about how in Canada, I'll be knee deep in poutine. I'm gonna be like no thank you - I'm a married man.
Planet_JASE
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Don't worry. Your wife is welcome to as much poutine as her tounge can handle, too.
codswallop
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Oh man, girls with bits of poutine all over their faces? So hot.
Planet_JASE
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A lot of people cite that as being "sexy". I find it way too cheesy, myself.
PAX East was just about the happiest place I have been as a gamer. It was so excellent to be in a crowd of 70000 gamers who are as excited about games as I am. I didn't hear a negative comment all weekend and that was so refreshing, especially since most of my friends are a pack of miserable cynical gamers. Going back next year for sure. Ausgaf assemble in Boston?
Well, you've got to hope.
viciouskillersquirrel
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I didn't know they made headphones in the 8th century.
That sounds great, it really seems like an awesome place to be.
I'd have to have a job and save before I could make arrangements. I would want to go to PAX Prime though, since that seems the closest time-wise to GenCon.
They're just too good and everyone bought them all so you better get in quick before it's too late and you have to buy Sennheisers.
The level of access to developers and the community is incredible. Knowing what the experience is like now, I have to go back again next year. Plus my sister and her family are in DC for two years so it makes it more worthwhile to visit again.
So, something that's been n my mind a bit recently.
Has anyone used Coles self checkout? HOLY SHIT THEY ARE TERRIBLE. The UI is shit, the weighting thing under the bags doesn't detect my shit half the time, if I buy large items it's annoying to fit them in the bag area, and every single time I use them a staff member has to swipe the thing to fix the unexplainable error message that I myself can't exit out of.
Like, who the fuck designed this? It's such a shitty job. The bad cgi animations of people, the horrible touch interface... Man.
By comparison the woolworths ones are alright, and rarely fuck up.
I was buying some cat food, scanned three of the things, but for some reason the second one thought it wasn't bagged, despite the fact it was. Even the person who came to help because the machine was bitching couldn't fix it. So I didn't know, and neither did the lady, if the alarms would go off if it thought that I was Ealing this thing instead of paying for it.
I shouldn't even have to scan any item that isn't paid by weight. Like, if I'm not getting any meat or fruit, just RFID my entire shopping cart at once.
Maybe they're bad just so the clerks don't lose jobs. Instead of being checkout chicks, they get paid to stand around and swipe their ID cards all day.
Maybe it's just the Tasmanian checkout ones?
Has anyone used Coles self checkout? HOLY SHIT THEY ARE TERRIBLE. The UI is shit, the weighting thing under the bags doesn't detect my shit half the time, if I buy large items it's annoying to fit them in the bag area, and every single time I use them a staff member has to swipe the thing to fix the unexplainable error message that I myself can't exit out of.
Like, who the fuck designed this? It's such a shitty job. The bad cgi animations of people, the horrible touch interface... Man.
By comparison the woolworths ones are alright, and rarely fuck up.
I was buying some cat food, scanned three of the things, but for some reason the second one thought it wasn't bagged, despite the fact it was. Even the person who came to help because the machine was bitching couldn't fix it. So I didn't know, and neither did the lady, if the alarms would go off if it thought that I was Ealing this thing instead of paying for it.
I shouldn't even have to scan any item that isn't paid by weight. Like, if I'm not getting any meat or fruit, just RFID my entire shopping cart at once.
Maybe they're bad just so the clerks don't lose jobs. Instead of being checkout chicks, they get paid to stand around and swipe their ID cards all day.
Maybe it's just the Tasmanian checkout ones?
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There's a Coles in walking distance, so I get all my groceries there. I always use self-checkout and the whole thing usually works completely fine. Sometimes I'll have to press a button twice or something, but as far as such a demographically-wide, constantly in use bit of UI goes, I think it does what it needs to do relatively well.
Perhaps it is the Tasmanian ones. I've never had an issue, apart from one time that I used a credit card and had to wait for the person to come over as I needed to sign or something. I haven't needed to do it in a long time, though, it was probably only a first time thing.
I also only ever have about 5 items at most to check out (Lite'n'Easy means I only buy milk, toiletries and cleaning products these days), so perhaps that's why I never have that much trouble.
I also only ever have about 5 items at most to check out (Lite'n'Easy means I only buy milk, toiletries and cleaning products these days), so perhaps that's why I never have that much trouble.
I've used the Coles ones here in Sydney and they're fine. I remember when Woolies first put them in, they were no different than your experience, error after error, it was ridiculous. I find them both fine now, though I've found that some specials didn't work on the self-checkout things at Woolies, which is pretty evil.
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