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Yesterday, I saw this Zeitgeist movie. Documentary movie about christianity, 911 and about actual rulers of US goverment.
I will for sure watch the movie again soon, not that it told me so much new informations in parts 1 and 2 (aka christianity and 911), but the 3rd part, that's where heavy stuff is shown and how it affect every single person all around world. Brrrrr.
I won't comment the movie any further, watch it from link above ... it's completly free and you can freely copy it to you friends :)
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Since Draco showed me this vid, I had to watch it for few more times, because i wasn't able to believe my own eyes (and am still can't ;)).
The company which made this is the 1st one I know about that made really photorealistic computer animation. This time it looks like interview with real person, but actually all they made, was capture few grimasses of actress on video and from that they made photorealistic 3D model and whole "virtual" interview.
Respect Image Metrics.
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I had to search for new net radio, because my original favorite Digitally Imported sucks if you listen to it on daily basis (which I do). They've one playlist which goes in never ending loop and you have to listen to adds more often then I like (curse you E-ssurance and damn you fighters.com). So I did some research and I found Bassdrive, which I used to listen few years back at my 1st work. They changed a bit since those days. Now they have more or less only life shows from DJ all around world. It's drummers choice of year.
So here's the link to their pages where you can tune in.
They also have archives, where you can download records of older (not all) shows. It's here. My 2 personal picks are Calculon (yeah, All my circuits with Calculon) who plays nice easy DnB and if you want some nasty dark brutal beats, Sociopath (aka Ronin Selecta ... check his pages, that tune there is NASTY (Raiden - Baptism of Fire)) is your right choice, I'd say he's butcher from Michigan :) There's one more important info, Ronin Selecta has his show on saturday around 10 p.m. of czech time.
So tune in and enjoy!
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It's been quite some time since my last post here.
I've feeling that I have to share this lovely comic Chose send me yesterday.
http://trn.php5.cz/krakonos/
Serious, czech, tekk, hack.
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I've been playing Age of Conan for last few days. I've chosen RP PvP server (Aquilonia), because I like roleplaying and to be honest you can't play game based in Conans universe on PvE server where there's no real threat from other players.
Tho everytime I see some whine about PvP on PvP server on the forums it makes me smile.
Samtron found this on forums and I think this artice (some say originaly from Everquest 2 forums) describes it very well.
Law of the Jungle #1: You are going to die.
There's no getting out of it. You did not come here to be safe. You were safe before. Now, those strawberry fields of treasure and experience are crawling with cutthroats who know where you used to go, what you used to do, what you used to seek there, and how to use this knowledge to catch you and inflict death on you. They aren't going to wait for you to get ready. They aren't going to play fair. They aren't going to care if a particular spell or tactic is too devastating if they catch you with it. Your only way around it is to learn them- learn where they are, learn what they're after, learn what they're going to do, and prepare yourself ahead of time. And no matter how well-prepared you are for what's out there- you are still going to die. There is no way out of Law #1. Whether it's at the hands of someone at the top of your attack range picking you off just because you're there, whether it's a group of players lower than you who gang up and tear you apart, whether it's an even-con, similar class who just happens to get that last shot in before you, whether it's some punk who sucker-punches you right after a tough fight, or whether it's someone whom you thought had no chance in hell who happens to get lucky, you're going to be killed. If this bothers you, you made a mistake.
Law of the Jungle #2: This isn't your mother's RPG
The gear that was excellent enough to live in because of its effectiveness against the mindless MOBs isn't worth squat- you have to outfit yourself with your most dreaded foes in mind. Resists are king, the stats you used to drool over are just going to have to take the bench. You can't just trot over to your favorite hunting grounds to knock out that quest. They know that certain spots attract people who still think that they're playing the safe PVE game, and they will be waiting for you. (See Law #1) You have to forget everything you thought you knew, and be prepared to learn it all over again. There are new rules for how to get a level. There are new rules for where to hunt, and there are new rules for which routes to take through the lands. If it's something that many people used to do or where many people used to go, it is now bait that will lead many people to their deaths. If you thought that you were going to play the same route you played before to get to level 80-whatever except that you can kill people now, you made a mistake.
Law of the Jungle #3: Nobody needs to be nerfed
All classes have advantages in certain situations. If you find yourself in one of these situations and you aren't the class in question, see Law #1. So, such-and-such a class can take you down solo if they get the jump on you, if all they do is X and Y? Well, yes. That's what they do, and you were there. The essence of AoC is that all classes have advantages and weaknesses, and the way we overcome our weaknesses isn't telling the game developer to take them away, or give you someone else's advantage. The way you overcome these weaknesses is by grouping with someone who can complement them. You're not here to run around solo and have a fair, balanced even 1v1 match against everyone you meet. That's not PvP, that's dueling. Running around alone isn't something you have the right to do. Not all classes were meant to solo in PvE as well as others, what makes you think this is any different? And if your class can't do what so-and-so does, they shouldn't. Everyone has "certain classes" who flat-out have them beat. Everyone has classes that can't hold a candle to them. This is not, nor should it be, a game where you always stand a fair chance. There's more to PvP than who has what nuke or how many hitpoints or what dps rate is. PvP is about knowing everything you can do and how it works, not just what numbers scrolled up when you fought mobs before. If you can't fight them, learn how to. If you can't learn and expect FC to change everything around to suit you, you made a mistake. Crying that you can't beat X class and they need to be nerfed doesn't mean you're right, it means you're an unskilled player who doesn't understand how to play his class. You also have to understand the other classes and what their weaknesses are. Learn, Adapt, and Grow; if you can't do that then you're not cut out for this.
Law of the Jungle #4: Success is measured by survival
Any idiot can rack up a high number of kills, that doesn't make them skilled. Your skill isn't determined by how many people of what level you can take on. And the little punk who ran away, or zoned, or avoided you altogether, he's not a coward, he's smart. Just because you engage someone doesn't mean you have the right to kill them. You have to earn that kill. If they get away, they survived. If they fight back too hard and you're outmatched, sticking around and letting them have you isn't brave or honorable, it's stupid. Make them earn it! If you can get away, you deserved to. If you can't out-damage them because you're in offensive stance and they're in defensive stance, it's not unfair- they're just thinking ahead of you. Don't lower your defenses just because you think that extra bit of dps that you used to get against mobs is going to turn the tide- because you're thinking in terms of a kill you haven't earned yet and not thinking with survival in mind. If all those nasty roots and spells and whatever are eating you up, stock up on items that take care of them: potions, resist gear, etc. If it isn't a piece of gear with surviving an attack in its design, you made a mistake. It takes time, patience, and smarts to figure out all the little tricks, tactics, and items that help you survive in this world. It's not about killing- it's about depriving your enemy of the kill. If this isn't your primary thought when planning every last detail your character from skills to selections to gear to hotkeys to camera angle to system options, see Law #1. You aren't a good PvPer because of who you fight and which fights you win, you are a good PvPer depending on your overall level of preparation and how many times you can count that that preparation saves your ass.
Law of the Jungle #5: You are never going to be a god
Too many of you have had that time when you have those cute little adolescent fantasies about being a powerful, unstoppable killing machine while wielding the shiniest, largest and most phallic weapon in Hyboria and laying out every single foe you happen to encounter through sheer invincibility. It ain't gonna happen- ever. (See Law #1) PvP isn't for people who like to play single-player games in godmode, spanky. You didn't come here to be godlike, you came here to embrace mortality. You aren't just here to kill other players- you came here to give them permission to kill you, to utilize advantages over you, to take advantage of your weaknesses, to leave you broken and bleeding while they /fornicate on your corpse and count their money. If you came here planning on becoming the all-powerful king of the hill that no one can topple, you made a mistake. Even as the server ages, everyone's going to bunch up in the higher levels and guilds and players are going to be after you more than ever. You will never be safe again. The safe servers are still where you left them.
Law of the Jungle #6: It's still just a game
Playing on a PvP server doesn't take cojones. It doesn't take an iron will, or an asbestos stomach. It doesn't make you a man. You're still a geek just like the rest of us, it's just a lot more difficult. If it's too hard, too frustrating, too unfair, too immature, too cutthroat, too inconvenient, or if you're just not that good at it or if you think that so-and-so shouldn't be doing such-and-such because it "ruins" your fun, then it's not for you. You're here if you enjoy what you're playing. If you are here because you want to enjoy it, but you're not, don't expect FC to get rid of everything you don't like about it. It is what it is. It's MEAN. And if someone one-shots you, or takes your plat that you were just on your way to bank, or whatever else it may be that spoiled your plans, well, you either suck it up and keep playing or you're on the wrong server. It's only "griefing" if you let it give you grief. If you can't laugh it off, you're the problem. If you're not having fun, you made a mistake. This ugly duckling isn't going to grow up into a swan, you just have to love it unconditionally and understand that yes, it's always going to look like that. There's no shame in playing on the PvE servers if that's more your cup of tea, we're all here to play games, and the game you play isn't a reflection on your status as a human being. But PvP is a different game. If you could go live in a beachhouse with central air and plasma-screen TV's for the same price, why would you move into a shack with no plumbing or power and complain about the leak in the roof? You have to want to live in this shack. Don't expect FC to turn it into a resort, they've already built those for you.
All of these factors lead me to one final point. Filling up boards with complaints that "X class can do this and I can't and so-and-so ganked me when I was fighting and I was 10 levels lower than him and I can't go anywhere without being bind-camped and FC needs to FIX THIS IMMEDIATELY" doesn't help anyone- it only buries legitimate issues like bugs and exploits under mountains of whining by people who can't seem to understand that they are just not that good at the game. There's only one thing that should be on your mind when you think about all the problems with PvP and the PvP servers. The final, and truest Law of the Jungle:
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.
Fact. Accept it.
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I've been into cinema again (even if i said i won't go there again after last fiasco with 45 minutes of adds before movie), but you know, i couldn't miss this movie in supreme quality on FUCKING BIG screen :)
My only concern about this movie was that it will be another money-making cow like Terminator 3 and Rambo 4 are. Fortunately it's not, in fact it's really good sequel to previous Indy movies.
You can see that Indy has his years so no look-at-me-am-not-old-yet style like Sly in Rambo 4 or Arnies usual i-am-same-as-before. Tho Indy can still do action archeologist stuff :) Not that hard as before, but it's there.
Now am eager to get my all-Indy-movies-in-one-pack DVD :)
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Check this out ... really, it's serious stuff :)
http://www.feartheboot.com/comic/default.aspx?c=16
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After Mass Effect porn cause, there's another one going on in the most free and democratic country on the planet (yes, yes, United stakes of America :)).
1st it was critique of soooo controversial scene in XBOX game Mass Effect (vid below), where many of those fundamental-idiocratic-christian purists said that it's porn in that game (and yet, in debate comming after they proof that they didn't even play the game, nor thay have seen this scene at all).
Well, here we go again. Latest target is GTA 4, which is in opinion of those fundamenta-blablabla idiots murder trainer. The most powerfull argument they were able to throw into public is: You can buy a whore, have a sex with her and kill her with basball bat, if some police officer came to check it, you can kill him with flamethrower or chop him into pieces with chainsaw. And yet, there are no flamethrowers or chainsaws in GTA 4.
I struggle to see the point of this idiot ... game was market as M+ (which is imo 16+, tho am not sure about US rating system) and game is imo quite ok for this cathegory (if compared f.e. to Postal). I have no idea why these yanks have to throw dirt on games just because they can't (for whatever reason they have) grow their childs (it's the only country where 16 or 17 y.o. guy grabs BFG and goes wild at school ;)).
And the vids:
Original Mass Effect debate
Original scene from Mass Effect
And latest one about GTA 4
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There was a nice interview with Håkon Wium Lie on root.cz about his fortcomming visit in Prague and his work at CERN and lately at Opera Software.
One question was about Acid2 test, which will test if your browser uses web stadards or not. So i tested both browsers I use at work ... Internet Explorer and FireFox 2.0.0.9. Well here are the results:
How it should look like
FireFox 2.0.0.9
Internet Explorer 6.0 (aka corporate standard in BNPP)
So here's the link to this nice test.
Well, and as a bonus, I'll add also Acid3 test ... Well my FF made it to 54 points and page looked (in basic shapes) as intended one. My IE did 12 points (yeah, that many!) and i have to search for result for some time in that color, text, number mish mash which IE diplayed. Acid3 test.
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