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Chittagong said:
Why do dogs show their affection/excitement towards humans by licking but never towards other dogs by licking?
My dogs lick each others faces all the time so I'm guessing it depends on the dog? I thought dogs do that to everything, they lick my cat too :lol
 
bigcheese said:
My TV always cuts off stuff on the edges. It's really annoying when I'm playing games, cause sometimes it cuts off important info in the HUD. Some games don't have an option where you re-center it or zoom out. Does my TV do this just because it's getting old? I've had it since '99 at least.

Is it rear projection? Mine does this and it SUCKS.
 
How come so many titles in Japanese are in English? Just looking at all the recent FFXIII pickups in the gaming forum they all have English letters and I've noticed that with most things over there. Can they actually read them or is it almost like a recognizable symbol?

Like this:

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Why are the names in English but the descriptions in Japanese?
 
VGChampion said:
How come so many titles in Japanese are in English? Just looking at all the recent FFXIII pickups in the gaming forum they all have English letters and I've noticed that with most things over there. Can they actually read them or is it almost like a recognizable symbol?

Like this:

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Why are the names in English but the descriptions in Japanese?

Translate Donald Duck to Japanese.
 
OneEightZero said:
Translate Donald Duck to Japanese.

Well maybe that was a bad example. Why do Japanese based companies use English? I never see Capcom or Nintendo's logo with Japanese lettering. I just don't understand that. I have no knowledge of Japanese whatsoever though so maybe I'm missing something basic.
 
Why do people have to try and give their thread a snazzy/witty title?

Instead of "The Official [game] Thread", they have to have some dumbass suffix to it, like

"The Official [game] Thread of Sopping Panties and Honey Nut Cheerios for a Balanced Breakfast"

I mean, what the shit? It's bad enough that there's enough time devoted to an OP for a thread that'll be buried in no time, but to sit around thinking up the extra part of the title...

Maybe the read question should be "why does this bug the fuck out of me?"
 
If you build a simple guitar/ukulele, is it necessary to put frets in, or can the instrument be made without them.

RbBrdMan said:
User CP> edit options > Default Thread Subscription Mode > Do not subscribe.
ahh thank you.
 
cashman said:
If you build a simple guitar/ukulele, is it necessary to put frets in, or can the instrument be made without them.


ahh thank you.

There is no need for frets. I can't recall seeing fretless guitars, but I've seen fretless basses many times.
 
Was Sid Meier's Pirates! available on the US PSN at some point? I'm positive that I've seen it on there. Anyway, I was looking for it last night and couldn't find it. The UMD version was 80 dollars on Amazon brand new.
 
mistuhcahlos said:
Was Sid Meier's Pirates! available on the US PSN at some point? I'm positive that I've seen it on there. Anyway, I was looking for it last night and couldn't find it. The UMD version was 80 dollars on Amazon brand new.

It was on XBLA as an Original, but I don't recall seeing it on PSN.

Also, score. I still have the UMD. :)
 
bjork said:
Why do people have to try and give their thread a snazzy/witty title?

Instead of "The Official [game] Thread", they have to have some dumbass suffix to it, like

"The Official [game] Thread of Sopping Panties and Honey Nut Cheerios for a Balanced Breakfast"

I mean, what the shit? It's bad enough that there's enough time devoted to an OP for a thread that'll be buried in no time, but to sit around thinking up the extra part of the title...

Maybe the read question should be "why does this bug the fuck out of me?"

Bonus entertainment for the people that aren't interested in the contents of the thread. Your example got a laugh out of me, so even if I wasn't interested in reading a thread about Sopping Panties and Honey Nut Cheerios for a Balanced Breakfast (although I can't imagine who wouldn't be), the thread title provided me with some enjoyment.
 
prodystopian said:
There is no need for frets. I can't recall seeing fretless guitars, but I've seen fretless basses many times.
Thank you, I can just use a sharpie or something like that to mark where my fingers go.
 
numble said:
But there's something about multiple accounts there, which I don't see, unless posts were deleted.

That's probably the case. If dupe accounts posted in there, they'd be banned as well, and there only seems to be one banned account.
 
numble said:
But there's something about multiple accounts there, which I don't see, unless posts were deleted.

One account was banned and he decided to go out in a blaze of failure by committing account suicide by posting some picture there. Like Vennt said, he bans anyone with multiple accounts here.

vennt said:
Nope that was one account deciding to make the most of having a few sitting inactive accounts, I'd nuked his main account and he went postal in a fit of rage-quit futility.

That is why I ban people with more than one account here, no matter what the excuses, If I find someone with more than one account I will permaban both/all accounts of those found.

Leniancy is sometimes given to someone who owns up via PM to having an extra account they shouldn't have and letting me nuke that account, other than that having multiple accounts leads to losing all privileges on this site forever.
 
Stupid question:

What are the new avatar rules? I've had the same one for ages (Dr. Manhattan), but now it's been zapped from high orbit.

Without the search working I can't find anything on what was wrong with my old one, new rules, or even whether I *can* change it.

Can any gaffers point me the way to wisdom?
 
NullPointer said:
Stupid question:

What are the new avatar rules? I've had the same one for ages (Dr. Manhattan), but now it's been zapped from high orbit.

Without the search working I can't find anything on what was wrong with my old one, new rules, or even whether I *can* change it.

Can any gaffers point me the way to wisdom?

There aren't any new rules. They just decided to give the new juniors a chance to fix their avatars, and in the process, a list was made of all users with non-compliant ones.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386047
 
I'm playing COD:MW2 and whatever, then all of a sudden it wont let me connect to a game, even though I was just in a game I connected to. Now when I goto Xbox Live on the main menu, it stalls when its going to fetch my rank and all that shit and now I can't connect to shit. WHY?!
 
Why when I start Windows Media Player in Windows 7 does it say in the bottom right "updating media library" and then create duplicates of all my songs. Any way to make it stop?
 
Cyan said:
Set up the equation. .95 times x = 11,381.

EDIT: Scratch that first suggestion, I did it backwards (I suck at maths) :lol

You take 11,381 / 0,95 and you get 11980. I think that should be correct.
 
Has anyone on GAF ever called or know anyone who has called the phone numbers on the back of large vehicles like vans and trucks under "How's My Driving?"
 
Is there any way I can look at a list of my previous topics and posts? I always looked at it in my profile but now it seems deactivated.
 
NameGenerated said:
Has anyone on GAF ever called or know anyone who has called the phone numbers on the back of large vehicles like vans and trucks under "How's My Driving?"

No, but people called to complain about the delivery driver I worked with during college. He was put on notice, and later was caught stealing. That tripped everyone out because everyone liked him, but I think he felt like he was gonna get fired one way or another. He'd complain about how hard it was to get to places on time without driving crazy. But I never rode with him so I have no idea.

My friend is a truck driver and he said you're pretty fucked if people complain about your driving. Truck drivers are dispensable, at least at his company.
 
MindCollizion said:
Whats the difference between a Pentium Dual Core mobile processor and a Core 2 Duo processor and which is best to get for my new laptop?
Basically similar but most Pentium Dual Cores have only 1 MB cache, slower FSB and no hardware virtualization.
 
ACE 1991 said:
My X button is sticking on my PS3. Is there anything I can do to make it not "stick" when pressed?
Use that wet toothbrush trick that Nintendo posts on its site and precautions pamphlet, otherwise you'll have to take the controller apart to clean the contacts.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
Can Xbox 360's play burned DVDs? What I want to do is burn an .mpg to a DVD and play it on my 360. Will that work?


Well, you could play video files burnt on a dvd. Under the "my xbox" scroll through and click on "Video Library" , once you do that, you will see a bunch of options, click on "currect disc". is it mp4? or straight up mpg? I dont think xbox plays mpg files.
 
phalestine said:
Well, you could play video files burnt on a dvd. Under the "my xbox" scroll through and click on "Video Library" , once you do that, you will see a bunch of options, click on "currect disc". is it mp4? or straight up mpg? I dont think xbox plays mpg files.

It's a mpg. I think you're right because my 360 doesn't detect it when I try to stream it from my PC either.
 
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