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codswallop

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I wouldn't say Dinosaurs on a Spaceship is anywhere near the best of Who, and certainly not as good as Blink, but there was nothing wrong with it whatsoever. Who fans be crazy.

Excited about a Western-themed episode penned by Toby Whithouse next week though.
 
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codswallop

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Gave over a hundred old gaming mags (Mean Machines, EGM, etc) and an Amiga 500* to Blue Tongue a few years back for their break room... wonder what ever happened to that stuff. Probably chucked in a dumpster.

*Floppy drive didn't work but I was told someone tried to fix it.
 
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midonnay

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I like true blood too ..... its campy fun :)

but yeah, give breaking bad a chance.

The first season is really short due to the writer's strike. So not too much commitment

(walter white in his undies probably not the best introduction maybe o.o)
 
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shanshan310

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Did someone mention.... true blood? My censor went off.
it is funtimes.
Jintor said:
WHY DO YOU SWEAT PALMS

IT'S NOT EVEN HOT

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU

protip: don't shake hands with me because I think in another three levels I will unlock acid sweat and you will experience searing pain. In the meantime it will be totally awkward
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jiiiiiintor haaas claaammy hands~

RandomVince said:
So who has been watching the new season of Doctor Who?

I think I know where they're going for it, linking back to season 6.
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I still need to finish season six. I think the last episode I saw was let's kill hitler.
First episode of s7 seems okay. A bit corny in some bits, more so than usual. Rory and Amy still kind of annoy me, but they are both decent looking so I may be able to deal. But probably not. I thought the bit with the
daleks forgetting the doctor at the end was both cool( "doctor... who? ") and a really really stupid plot device. I await the next season when the daleks have miraculously remembered again. Though I guess as some of you said it could be leading up to something...
 
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Darklord

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God Apple piss me off. I bought a friend an itunes gift card cause he was having a hard time recently and thought something might cheer him up, nope won't work. Why? Because it's a US card and he's in Canada. FFS they're right next to each other! Money has been given, just let it work. I hate region locking. Where can I even buy a Canadian card online? Like no where. There goes my good deed out the window. Probably made him more depressed.
 
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evlcookie

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Darklord said:
God Apple piss me off. I bought a friend an itunes gift card cause he was having a hard time recently and thought something might cheer him up, nope won't work. Why? Because it's a US card and he's in Canada. FFS they're right next to each other! Money has been given, just let it work. I hate region locking. Where can I even buy a Canadian card online? Like no where. There goes my good deed out the window. Probably made him more depressed.
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Make a us account? I'm pretty sure you can do that, there should be a few guides around the place.
 
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Stackboy

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QLD State budget announcement at 230pm today. Likely won't know how it will impact my area for a few days, but it will give me an idea.
 
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reptilescorpio

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Darklord said:
God Apple piss me off. I bought a friend an itunes gift card cause he was having a hard time recently and thought something might cheer him up, nope won't work. Why? Because it's a US card and he's in Canada. FFS they're right next to each other! Money has been given, just let it work. I hate region locking. Where can I even buy a Canadian card online? Like no where. There goes my good deed out the window. Probably made him more depressed.
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Email him a USB stick filled with awesome music that you think they will love. It's the 2012 version of a physical mixtape!
 
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Raxum

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Stackboy said:
QLD State budget announcement at 230pm today. Likely won't know how it will impact my area for a few days, but it will give me an idea.
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I'm not looking forward to that either, but my area has been told we are basically safe, though I work in an IT department and we've been told we are being turned into a "Commercial Business Unit", which I take to mean we are being separated from the public sector. Probably will eventually mean job cuts, because a commercial business can't afford to be as bloated as currently are.
 
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codswallop

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Some screenshots of me faffing about with Steam Big Picture Mode for anyone who might be interested.

Visually I think it looks a little dull. They could've done so much more to make it look pretty. Certainly functional enough though.
 
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jambo

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codswallop said:
Some screenshots of me faffing about with Steam Big Picture Mode for anyone who might be interested.

Visually I think it looks a little dull. They could've done so much more to make it look pretty. Certainly functional enough though.
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It looks like they've gone for ease of use over looks. I still reckon it looks nice though.

I'm actually tempted to hook up my PC to the plasma tonight and give it a whirl...
 
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shanshan310

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Good luck with the budget today guys.
Darklord said:
God Apple piss me off. I bought a friend an itunes gift card cause he was having a hard time recently and thought something might cheer him up, nope won't work. Why? Because it's a US card and he's in Canada. FFS they're right next to each other! Money has been given, just let it work. I hate region locking. Where can I even buy a Canadian card online? Like no where. There goes my good deed out the window. Probably made him more depressed.
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Is that all your money down the drain then? :( why cant itunes just convert it over to canadian itunes?
I've been having problems with them as well. Often it won't connect, and half the music I bought with them either won't download or has disappeared entirely. There's no "download songs button " that I cab find... there really is something to be said for CDs, but when you just want a single song most avenues are a big pain.
 
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codswallop

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Megadrive said:
Looks great to me.
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Since the XBMC Advanced Launcher is a lot more configurable, it has the ability to look a lot nicer:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/70bf32776bbf4966499ca6b05e72d58918c0e179b0088bcf4c17fb76e68543856g.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7851/aeonmq3008.jpg
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5495/88259947.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eKUtIJxl4Og/Thks4JL8VVI/AAAAAAAAEYo/vaqn8Yhpgv0/screenshot000.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/385c9da42c5783319b438bd9426bb0d6658407c0393d622eb728ad3148666d1c6g.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z202/FeggA_album/XBMC/SVN/screenshot043.png
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu343/ZelDemios/screenshot000-4.png

Now, I don't think all those necessarily look better, but that in comparison Big Picture Mode looks a little dull. Some of those screenshots are too busy for my taste as well, but I think larger thumbnails coupled with a faded promo art or something, perhaps with more information about the game (developer, date released, game blurb etc) which maybe fades in after a few seconds in inactivity could be nice. Minimalistic looks are nice, but it's a little too minimal for my taste.

Of course, it is a beta and only just released today, so plenty of time to make it look pretty -- most important that it just works to start with!
 
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Jintor

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codswallop said:
Since the XBMC Advanced Launcher is a lot more configurable, it has the ability to look a lot nicer:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/70bf32776bbf4966499ca6b05e72d58918c0e179b0088bcf4c17fb76e68543856g.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7851/aeonmq3008.jpg
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5495/88259947.jpg
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eKUtIJxl4Og/Thks4JL8VVI/AAAAAAAAEYo/vaqn8Yhpgv0/screenshot000.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/385c9da42c5783319b438bd9426bb0d6658407c0393d622eb728ad3148666d1c6g.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z202/FeggA_album/XBMC/SVN/screenshot043.png
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu343/ZelDemios/screenshot000-4.png

Now, I don't think all those necessarily look better, but that in comparison Big Picture Mode looks a little dull. Some of those screenshots are too busy for my taste as well, but I think larger thumbnails coupled with a faded promo art or something, perhaps with more information about the game (developer, date released, game blurb etc) which maybe fades in after a few seconds in inactivity could be nice. Minimalistic looks are nice, but it's a little too minimal for my taste.

Of course, it is a beta and only just released today, so plenty of time to make it look pretty -- most important that it just works to start with!
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Maybe... but I feel a modicum of restriant seems appropriate here
 
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jambo

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Yeah, Steam was pretty hideous for the first few years

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I do think that Big Picture Mode looks great though
 
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bodyboarder

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With regards to big picture mode on steam. If I could easily hide my tower I'd think about moving it to the lounge. that and I'd have to come up with a decent mouse/keyboard setup.

shanshan310 said:
Good luck with the budget today guys.

Is that all your money down the drain then? :( why cant itunes just convert it over to canadian itunes?
I've been having problems with them as well. Often it won't connect, and half the music I bought with them either won't download or has disappeared entirely. There's no "download songs button " that I cab find... there really is something to be said for CDs, but when you just want a single song most avenues are a big pain.
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Do you mean you want to redownload songs? If so your out of luck.
 
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jambo

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bodyboarder said:
Do you mean you want to redownload songs? If so your out of luck.
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Firstly it's you're

Secondly there is a Purchased section in iTunes, which will allow you to re-download purchased store content. I used it recently to download some TV shows that I bought about 2 years ago and some albums from about 4 years ago.

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