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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3342 |  Legionosh (296) Sep 05, 2006 - 10:11 am
| Anyone that little remorse for such a violent crime (that, as the judge said, was basically over "nothing") deserves the death penalty.
That may seem harsh, but the murderer killed someone in VERY cold blood and never felt bad about it in the slightest.
People like that deserve the worst punishment the public can give them.
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3341 | Legionosh (296) Sep 05, 2006 - 10:10 am
| Despite his sometimes seemingly wacky antics, I think most people felt he was a genuinely good guy and a nice person all the way around.
It is a sad day indeed. I wish his two children and his widow the best in there time of mourning. :-(
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3291 | Legionosh (296) Aug 25, 2006 - 06:42 am
| Actually Pluto is a DUAL planet. It has a neighbor roughly the same size (Charon I believe?) and they orbit around each other.
I do think there should be a distinction as to what defines a planet, but the whole ongoing debate has been about exactly this. Size should play some into it, but there has to be several other factors..
..I mean for something to be considered a planet I don't know if it should be allowed to be in a "belt" of other smaller objects, satellites, etc..otherwise what real distinction does it have from asteroids and the like?
Size would also come into play in greater detail when used in relation to the asteriod belt between Earth and Mars. I doubt anyone would consider any of those object planets, but it's something that most of us easily enough are able to distiguish.
But there has to be more that the size issue. Some scientists say if Pluto is a planet why not make all the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, etc, planets. My debate on this is that a planet should not also be a moon or satellite, so that's easiy enough solved...
If Pluto WASN'T in the Kuiper belt and was on it's own in that orbit (which is another oddity no other "planet" has...) I think the decision would be a little more clear and easier to make.
But because it's in a belt with thousands of other objects I can see why the debate has been this difficult.
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3278 | Legionosh (296) Aug 23, 2006 - 08:08 am
| That's an interesting view on the suject BigScooter..hmmm.
Maybe Rap isn't exactly the Devil, but with basically every rapper on the planet acting like a thug-loser wanna be, raps image is practically cemented in stone my friend.
They portray themselves how (often) they wish to be viewed (while the corporations might have "some" influence on it, most of them seem to be that way from the get go, which is sad unto itself).
Some might call it music, but I still think music requires sort sort of "musical talent", so to speak. Sampling shouldn't qualify. Saying "what" and "uh" ever other word shouldn't qualify.
I know rock/metal and other forms of music may be bashed for the sometimes silly or unintelligent lyrics, but the idiocy and outright stupidity of the lyrical content of (most) rap is, as I stated ealier, astounding.
I did watch an outcast video once. It was admittedly somewhat refreshing. I'd never buy or even download any of their songs (or any rap /hip hop/dance song for that matter), but at least they (he?) opted not to act like he's from "Da' Hood", he just wanted to make something interesting..I'll give him a point for originality. Not taking themselves (himself?) too seriously was a nice change..
My two cents,
kevin
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P.S. What is funny is every rapper who seems to "take him seriously" never has anything to say...go figure... Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3278 | Legionosh (296) Aug 23, 2006 - 07:56 am
| Touche squiddy. I am glad someone else sees my point of view. I am a guitar player (albeit a very good one). I tried to learn to read music, but didn't get very far, but that's neither here nor there..but I enjoy it anyway.
Rap artful? Again a matter of opinion. The mindless fodder on MTV that airs almost 24/7 is far from what I consider "artful"..maybe they should try coming up with an original melody or arrangement..
...but that would require some sortof musical talent, now wouldn't it?
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3278 | Legionosh (296) Aug 23, 2006 - 07:46 am
| I have to agree. I know the only reason Rap is more or less the "biggest thing on the planet" is because of the mindless droves that buy into it.
I am aware music is an art, and yes it is totally subjective. I guess because I am a guitar player (albeit not a very good one, but I enjoy it) I consider music to require some sort of musical ability, not the mindless lyric and sampling fodder with the unnecessarily bass which passes for music to the masses.
So yes I know we have only the audience to blame..
..and that's the saddest part of all..
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3278 | Legionosh (296) Aug 23, 2006 - 07:36 am
| Man, did I upset you GixWarspit?
So as opposed to trying to bring up a counterpoint to the things I stated you'd just rather blatantly show how "smart" and "mature" you are and just call me names?
Whatever floats your boat my man. I thought my comment was not cruel nor did I blatantly, mindlessly bash anything. I gave specific reasons and explained myself and why I felt the way I did...
..and you turn around and say my name is gay..
My two cents,
kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11815 | Legionosh (296) Aug 22, 2006 - 07:18 am
| I need a new MP3 player anyway..I need more than 2 GB (iPod Nano), but the price of the 4GB puts it almost righy into the Video iPod territory, so I'd have to upgrade to that..
..but if these 8GB are reasonably priced and work as well as the iPods maybe that'd be the way to go..
..hmmm, decisions, decisions.. :-) Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11813 | Legionosh (296) Aug 22, 2006 - 07:10 am
| A $170 price point I think would be a great boost for Nintendo, but NOT if it means the customer has to buy attachments to play games (eg..the "classic" controller add-on).
If it ships with the Wii-mote, the nunchuk add-on and the classic controller add-on for only $170 (well and the IR sensors, etc, but those go without saying) I think it will do ok..
..but as we all know if it doesn't have the right games the low price will only help so much. Time will tell I suppose. Here's to hoping the Wii has a decent run. :-)
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3278 | Legionosh (296) Aug 22, 2006 - 07:00 am
| Not necessarily. I am white and I have to say he is white trash. I am not tying to garner support for anyone or any ethnic community. I have always thought he was a thug wanna-be, loser anyway since day one.
(of course there are different opinions on that base on the ethnicity of the crowd/person observing the person in question. Where as someone in the Afr. Am. community "might" (and I used that only as an example) consider him cool or whatever, I think he is a thug wanna-be and a loser in waiting).
It's not my fault the person fits the description so well, now is it?
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3278 | Legionosh (296) Aug 22, 2006 - 06:57 am
| I have to agree, the idiocy of Raps' general lyrical content is astounding.
Even if there is some so called "intelligent" rap out there, it is still rap (sorry to be called a musician you have to either be able to A)Play music or B) have a semi good singing voice).
Speaking in rythym and rhyme does not qualify as music (and for the record having 4,000 guys around waving their arms in the air yelling "What" and "UH" does not qualify as a band...sorry).
To call Rappers "Artists" and "Musicians" is in ALL honesty an INSULT to REAL artists and musicians everywhere.
The majority of rappers do what they do because they want to. All the lyrical genuis of "Cars, Ho's, Drugs, Parties, and Pimpin'" is done as much by choice as it is by the record companies..(even though I can't fathom why a record company would pursue that kind of content for a mass produced product for KIDS is beyond me).
It would be nice if rappers didn't act like they own the whole G## D### planet, but that's a personal opinion, so I'll leave it at that.
And I agree, federline is white trash. Any self respecting white person who tries to rap should be considered as such. He needs to learn how to dress, how to act, how to carry himself as less of a loser, etc, etc.
I like to think of myself as musically diverse. I like or at least respect on some level most music, except rap and gospel (and before people start accusing me of being against african american people, that is not the case. There are Afr. Am. musicians in ALL other genres of music. Just because YOU are so narrow minded that YOU don't know or acknowledge that is not my problem or my concern..and gospel has a TON of white people in the genre as well, I just don't like gospel music).
Anyway I have blabbered enough. I know I may have offended one or two people. That wasn't my intent. Most of the people who know me know that my posts are at least somewhat intelligent and not mindless "Ur not kul. 377t speak" crud, nor do I just blatantly hate on anything. I speak my mind and give my reasonings behind what I say in a (usually) respectful manner.
So my apologies to those I offended, but if I did, were you offended because of what I said, or beacuse I don't like what you like?..big difference my friend..
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3281 | Legionosh (296) Aug 22, 2006 - 06:33 am
| Well that's a bummer..I have enjoyed the show for a while now, but nothing last forever..
I do hope the end is a worthwhile one. Nothing worse than ending a long running (mostly) well liked series on a lame episode *cough* X-Files *cough*..
I hate to see my Admanda Tapping go though.. :-(
(although Claudia Black was not too bad herself)
My two cents,
kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11791 | Legionosh (296) Aug 21, 2006 - 06:45 am
| I can think of very few Majors console launches (not counting things like the Virtual boy, I am referring to actual CONSOLES) where the launch allocation DIDN'T sell out, at least in recent memory.
As seen in the PS2 and XBOX 360 launches, people will pay STUPID amounts of money for a system at launch, and the odds of it selling out are actually pretty high.
The REAL question comes after the initial "new console fever" dies down and the market startings having a reasonable amount of systems in circulation, that's when the "real" reaction to the system and it's $600 price tag will surface.
I think the fanboys have it wrong. Very FEW people will argue that for the price the PS3 is a lot of technology, they seem to forget that the issue IS the price.
For the average consumer who is not a hardcore gamer, $600 for a console is a lot of money. Sure it will play Blu-Ray DVDs (although the actual quality of the output and playback remains to be seen), but for the sake of arguement it's a GAME CONSOLE. That is how most people will look at it. $600 for a console is , for the general populas, too high a price.
Yes it is speculation, but the only mass consumer electronic device to succeed over the $500-600 price point is the camcorder. I dunno..for me $600 is just out of reach, and paying $500 for the non HDMI model (still unsure if it will be upgradable to HDMI, but I seriously doubt it) which will not have the 1080p output Sony was SO boastful about seems to be shooting yourself in the foot.
Maybe it will succeed greater than anyone expects, but I think that regardless of it's Blu-Ray drive it will have a difficult time gaining market share due to it's high price, especially in relation to the other consoles.
And I swear, if another Sony fanboy says "yeah, but you get bluray, etc, etc, etc"...yeah we ALL know.
But as the counter arguement is always stated, Sony is forcing you adopt a technology that is unproven and could very well flop. And yes we all know adding the HD-DVD add-on to the 360 brings the price up to $600, but at least that is optional and odds are many people won't (I plan to buy one personally).
My two cents people,
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11745 | Legionosh (296) Aug 17, 2006 - 08:32 am
| PS3? winning the race?
Not at a $500-$600 price point.
And enough about the "well the 360 HD-DVD addon brings the price to $600"...that is not the issue and it never was the issue.
for the casual consumer, $600 (why buy the $500 with no HDMI outputm which blu-ray needs for the 1080p output, as far as I understand it anyway) is a LOT OF MONEY.
Forget all the early adopters and geeks without lives (and sadly I usually qualify for that statement). the mass populas will NOT spend $600 on a game console. Sure people are supposedly making more theses days, but everything costs more as well, so there is a balance there.
Anyway, it's my opinion (which has often been wrong, but I stand by it in this case) that the PS3 will not win the console race. It's just too darned expensive, bottom line.
NO ONE I know is going to buy one (these are the guys who have owned several PS2s, XBOX's and a 360).
That's how I feel about it. I could be wrong and it could kill everything else, but I doubt it.
Will it sell out at launch? How often do major players in the console game NOT sell out at launch?
The real test comes after the holidays, after the initial rush for a new product.
That's when we'll see how the world really feels about the PS3.
My two cents,
kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3251 | Legionosh (296) Aug 17, 2006 - 08:10 am
| I have to agree, the odds are the majority of those girls ARE self centered, stuck up, snobby, and everything else that goes along with that.
Sure she might be attractive (boy how those forced smiles fool soooo many people), but the personality of a billboard.
Personally I tend to shy away from the "gorgeous" girls just for this reason. They can't stop thinking or talking about themselves enough to worry about anyone else.
Living in Louisiana, you see a LOT of girls who want to be and act exactly this way. They have as much depth as a wading pool, but hey they look "good", right?
Which is what some of the guys here care about right?
Yes I like a pretty a girl as much as the next guy, but without a personality to speak of and them being the center of their own little universe, I could in all honesty care less, regardless of how pretty they were.
It's a shame these days looks (well and money) outweigh all else, regardless of how good a person is, how nice a person is, how truthful and honest a person is...
..but no, nobody wants that. Today it's "give me somebody who looks like a model and I'llbe happy, regardless of whether or not he/she is a bi*ch/a$$ hole.
..of course have to factor in the money thing on the female side. Of course everyone wants to be financially secure, but to make that your choosing point for your ideal man is just morally wrong.
He could be a total jerk, but hey he's got money so he's mine..oh the logic...
Well I could go on, but I think I made my point..
..and to the person who commented earlier I'll throw in my two cents..
Am I ugly? That's all a matter of opinion. Am I fashion model attractive? Nope. Not by a mile, nor would a I want to be (those guys tend to be like the shallow girls)..
..Ugly?..some might think so, others don't, but who I am to judge (we are all, or at least we should be, our own worst critic)...
Think about it,
kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11698 | Legionosh (296) Aug 15, 2006 - 06:33 am
| | ..and of course being the guy who always buys the special or extended versions of everything I will more than likely have to buy this one...once I upgrade my rig again that is..still torn between the Core 2 Duo and an AMD X2 socket AM2.. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10978 | Legionosh (296) Jul 05, 2006 - 08:12 am
| Someome (on a different board) compaired the $1,000 price tag to the early days of CD-R when the first one was $50,000 and prices went down eventually, etc, etc, so this price is par for the coarse.
Personally I think that is ridiculous statement. It was different when the first CD-R was the size of a washing machine. These days CD-RW/DVD-RW+/- drives can be had on Newegg for $35+.
I know the "Blu-Ray" technology is new but I can't fathom the astronimical price increase. You would think the drive would cost at the MOST $500, not the mind boggling $1,000 we are told. We know the difference in technology can't be that much different, electronically or physically.
Yes I know Sony has to recoup all of their R&D costs somehow, but I can bet you there is no where NEAR $1,000 worth of anything in these drives. The cost to manufacture is probably around $100-$200 (maybe $300 on a bad day). I can't see it being anymore than that.
The necessary spindles, gears, housings, trays, connectors, etc are all available readily and cheaply. All that is needed is the new laser and whatever necessary chips needed in the drive.
Maybe the street price will be lower, but not by enough to matter the the average consumer.
If anything with the Blu-Ray name on it keeps up with the ridiculous pricing scheme, I can see HD-DVD winning the format war..
..although neither one may end up winning anything unless they gain mass acceptance, but we all know that I think, so no need to repeat the point.
Anyway back to work I go...just my two cents,
Kevin
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| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=3000 | Legionosh (296) Jun 30, 2006 - 06:04 am
| I dunno, I have always found her (usually) physically attractive. Morally there are issue with some of the things she's done or said, but I amd fond of the brunette locks and I for one found her physically sexy in that pic.
Yes I am aware I am in the minority, but I'll accept that. Maybe if she'd dump her L-O-S-E-R of a so called husband she could possibly turn her life around and "maybe" redeem herself..oh well.
But I still think that is an exceptionally good pic of her and I (for one) find her attractive in it.
My two cents,
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10504 | Legionosh (296) Jun 01, 2006 - 12:40 pm
| So how does this equate to XBOX 360 live points? Would that be like 300 points?
Drat all I have left is 200 points..sigh, time to get some more points I guess..
..I'll need more points anyway when Lumines Live comes out anyway.
Kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10415 | Legionosh (296) May 25, 2006 - 02:26 pm
| Because I always do and I have nothing to hide. A nice change from people who post anonymously and are usually all 377T speak and can't back up a word of what they say with any sort of intelligence.
I provide my address and name so anyone can feel free to comment or complain.
..and #131, I am not lonely, far from it. I just felt like posting my thoughts on this subject. I post on a couple of different forums and message boards whenever the topic piques my interest. Does that make anyone who post on message boards lonely?
Nice of you to avoid the subject of the thread and focus your attention...sort of ironic you calling me lonely? At least I was focused on the subject matter at hand.
My two cents,
kevin
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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10415 | Legionosh (296) May 25, 2006 - 11:10 am
| I had read a rumor similiar to this a couple of months ago. All I can say is that if it does happens to be true (I sincerely hope it's not) then Sony is on for a very rough ride this time around.
EVERYONE I know had bought used games at one time or another (my used games out number my NEW games by a factor of 12-15).
We can only hope this does not come to pass, but if it does, this, coupled along with the relative high price (in comparison to the 360 and the Wii), could spell MAJOR trouble for Sony.
My two cents,
kevin
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