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by melancholy
Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:11 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: OSX 10.8 Rip off.
Replies: 17
Views: 3195

Re: OSX 10.8 Rip off.

Getting two 2GB modules (for a total of 4GB) would be about $40-50. But if I wanted to bump it to 5 or 6GB... the 4GB DDR2 modules are $70-$85 each . At this point, just do the 4GB. The 6GB might be nice depending on what you are doing, but considering you've survived this long on 2GB, the 6 isn't ...
by melancholy
Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:46 am
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: Playstation 4 Announced!
Replies: 27
Views: 3905

Re: Playstation 4 Announced!

I'm impressed, actually, and it's partially because almost every single negative rumor leading up to this launch has been completely debunked. They confirmed that, despite the focus on social connectivity, you can use the console completely offline if you want . They confirmed that it will play used...
by melancholy
Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:15 pm
Forum: /dev/null
Topic: Need Thank You card advice
Replies: 4
Views: 753

Need Thank You card advice

My wife is a traditional person and likes to write thank you cards to people for Christmas gifts. So she has asked me to do the same with the gifts I have received. The problem comes from the gift my brother-in-law gave me. He gave me a $25 Amazon gift card, but my wife insists I thank him for the i...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:06 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Crazy old hardware upgrades
Replies: 17
Views: 1188

Re: Crazy old hardware upgrades

But see, my post isn't talking about me or you as a kid. It's talking about kids right now. You say that it's basic enough for a beginner, but by the time my child would even need a 'beginner' computer, he will be reading text books on an iPad. I'm having trouble imagining my child finding value in ...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:42 pm
Forum: /dev/null
Topic: 外無関心心配
Replies: 10
Views: 2408

Re: 外無関心心配

Schoolgirl Tears IX was okay, I liked how they paid homage to the originals by bringing back the crystal dildos. But VII was the one that got everyone hooked on Schoolgirl Tears. It had it's faults, sure. It was too far of a departure from it's schoolgirl roots, there were people complaining it was ...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:15 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Crazy old hardware upgrades
Replies: 17
Views: 1188

Re: Crazy old hardware upgrades

I don't think my kids would share my fondness for the obsolete, as I don't remember being particularly fond of it in my youth. I agree with that. Computers before the mid-90's were just such a pain to work with that I really never got an interest in them until Windows 95-98 came along. And now even...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Crazy old hardware upgrades
Replies: 17
Views: 1188

Re: Crazy old hardware upgrades

One of my favorite toys as a kid was my grandmother's Remington No. 12 typewriter. I wish we still had it; my dad put it in storage when I was a teenager, and I think it was donated to charity when I went off to college. It may not be the best introduction to technology as it currently stands, but ...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:00 am
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: A Question for the Collectors Market?
Replies: 7
Views: 1046

Re: A Question for the Collectors Market?

See, at first I would come to the same conclusion that Cube_B3 has come to, in that the more digital versions of classic games appear on modern machines, the less likely someone would be willing to purchase the original. And while Jeeba's argument that presenting classic titles on modern systems to ...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:19 am
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: Crazy old hardware upgrades
Replies: 17
Views: 1188

Re: Crazy old hardware upgrades

and its comparatively limited nature would make it a good "first computer" for kids when that day comes. As a father with a child that has been using an iPad since he was 18 months old, and got his first iPod for Christmas when he was 2, this sentence makes me laugh. I had enough trouble ...
by melancholy
Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:01 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: How do Musicians earn now days?
Replies: 11
Views: 1384

Re: How do Musicians earn now days?

Well, for one you are listening to music on a computer. That already puts you in a rapidly dying trend. People are moving to smartphones, where YouTube exists, but is not exactly a viable music service when data usage and streaming quality is concerned. No, either they are using Pandora/Spotify/othe...
by melancholy
Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: How do Musicians earn now days?
Replies: 11
Views: 1384

Re: How do Musicians earn now days?

Well you have valid points about Vevo, and Psy becoming an American pop phenomenon. But how many artists are on VEVO? Also I read somewhere you need to have like a 100,000 hits in order to make money. From what I understand chances off making money on YouTube are as good as chances for indie develo...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:03 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: How do Musicians earn now days?
Replies: 11
Views: 1384

Re: How do Musicians earn now days?

Anyway my point was YouTube being counter productive. Actually, you are completely wrong. YouTube is another source of revenue for the music industry. Let's take, for example, the explosive YouTube success of PSY's Gangnam Style. Between the time of the song's release on YouTube and July of this ye...
by melancholy
Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:34 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: How do Musicians earn now days?
Replies: 11
Views: 1384

Re: How do Musicians earn now days?

There was an episode of Planet Money on NPR last year that covered this very topic. Basically, when a new artist is 'discovered', they go into a record label and sign a package deal that encompasses everything that they could possibly make money on. iTunes sales, CD sales, tour sales, merchandise sa...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:31 pm
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: Post everytime that you buy a new game...
Replies: 4291
Views: 315270

Re: Post everytime that you buy a new game...

And while I'm on the subject, I have come to realize that a backlog is becoming more and more useless to have. With every passing game I have bought, I have built a backlog of games that I keep saying 'oh, I'll play this Y game when I'm done with X game.' But yet, by the time I'm done with X game, a...
by melancholy
Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: Post everytime that you buy a new game...
Replies: 4291
Views: 315270

Re: Post everytime that you buy a new game...

If he has a game now and is going to play it now, it doesn't matter what version he's playing. So what if it's 480p, it's still a great game with great graphics. Waiting for the PS3 version just because it's eye candy won't do him any good if it's stuck in a backlog that he will never get to. I had ...
by melancholy
Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:57 pm
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER
Replies: 13
Views: 1910

Re: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER

Beat Journey at 11:58pm. Just in time to watch guys make out in Times Square when the ball dropped. And I would call it game of the year had it not been for the random people that would appear and completely rip me out of the experience. I would be aimlessly wandering around when suddenly a cutscen...
by melancholy
Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:26 pm
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER
Replies: 13
Views: 1910

Re: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER

Beat Journey at 11:58pm. Just in time to watch guys make out in Times Square when the ball dropped. And I would call it game of the year had it not been for the random people that would appear and completely rip me out of the experience. I would be aimlessly wandering around when suddenly a cutscene...
by melancholy
Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:26 am
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER
Replies: 13
Views: 1910

Re: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER

So I decided I still have time to remedy this lack of 2012 games that I've played. I heard Journey is a short game, and it was on sale on PSN, so I'm going to do it. I am going to be stuck at home on New Year's Eve anyway, so that should give me the time I need to play through that game from front t...
by melancholy
Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:10 pm
Forum: Gaming Forum
Topic: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER
Replies: 13
Views: 1910

Re: BESTEST GAMES OF 2012 IN THE WORLD EVER

Huh. So I'm sitting here, thinking back on the last year of video games trying to come up with a top 5 game list...and I've realized that I have literally only played 5 games that have come out in 2012. I played Asura's Wrath, Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, Mass Effect 3, Nintendoland and Profe...
by melancholy
Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:25 pm
Forum: Front Page News and Forum Guidelines
Topic: Pier Solar could come to Dreamcast
Replies: 35
Views: 7885

Re: Pier Solar could come to Dreamcast

I said direct port because when I originally read the announcement, it said they were preserving the original graphics of the Genesis version for the Dreamcast version. Whether they changed their minds later or just mis-spoke, they now are saying the Dreamcast version will be the HD version scaled d...