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lmao

stoltenberg11 posted...

AugustAdoulin posted...

what a horrible, horrible person. How do people like this make it in the army?

theyre not like that till they get to the army

This isn't necessarily true, people get recruited all the time that have underlying mental issues.

Darkninja42 posted...

Hexenherz posted...

Basically this computer programmer/self-proclaimed entrepreneur and Ja Rule discovered this island when they were flying a 40 year old plane and ran out of gas and had to land there, and they "both immediately fell in love" and decided to throw this festival there but they didn't do proper planning at all, logistics were all out of whack.

Lol is that true? Sounds like something out of the House of the Dead movie or some shit.

Those are his own words.
I laughed when he said they both fell in love, since he was talking about the island but the first thing that came to mind is that he and Ja Rule fell in love.

DezCaughtIt posted...

TheBiggerWiggle posted...

This is very tempting, but these 2017 open world games have clogged my back log.

I gave in and bought it. Couldn't pass it up at $10 ($12.48 after shipping)

Hope you have someone to play with, Borderlands 2 can be a bit of a crawl if you're trying to do it yourself.

So much funny crap from this

- Ja Rule claimed it's not his fault but he's going to take responsibility for it (wtf does that mean).
- His business partner said it's because a storm hit and wiped out what they had set up which is obvious BS if you check the weather forecast.
- Refunds being registered on a piece of paper that people are just signing lmao that's safe.

Basically this computer programmer/self-proclaimed entrepreneur and Ja Rule discovered this island when they were flying a 40 year old plane and ran out of gas and had to land there, and they "both immediately fell in love" and decided to throw this festival there but they didn't do proper planning at all, logistics were all out of whack.

Instead of "private villas" people got literal USAID refugee tents
"Gourmet cuisine" consisting of Kraft cheese slices on bread with some lettuce on the side.
etc. etc.

I feel like we've had tap technology for a good decade or more but it never really caught on so you maybe see it at like fast food restaurants and WalMart/Target and that's about it.

Steam requires (or required?) you to go online periodically to validate your game installations to keep using offline mode.

Psycho_Poodle posted...

The_Juice_ posted...

How old would you say is too old to enlist?

Currently 27 thinking about it, have a bachelor's and master's which I've been told is good. Can do a crap ton of pushups and ran a 5k the other day in 19:30, my friends in various branches have told me I'll have 0 issue with any PT.

But I wouldn't go for at least a year, possibly two, and just not sure what the prospects are that close to age 30.

I think 35 is the age limit without a waiver.

You can go to OCS with dat degree, but you'll need to hurry your ass up and apply if you want it because (iirc) their age limit is somewhere close to 30.

I knew old guys who were E1-E5 same time I was. All you gotta do is keep up with PT and try not to get injured (cuz no one wants to hear it)

I don't remember off the top of my head, I think the 30 year age limit is a good figure but I do think it varies according to service.

But that's a good point to bring up since he said he'd be close to 30 so :\

The_Juice_ posted...

How old would you say is too old to enlist?

Currently 27 thinking about it, have a bachelor's and master's which I've been told is good. Can do a crap ton of pushups and ran a 5k the other day in 19:30, my friends in various branches have told me I'll have 0 issue with any PT.

But I wouldn't go for at least a year, possibly two, and just not sure what the prospects are that close to age 30.

If you have a Master's I don't know why the hell you'd want to enlist since you could easily go the Officer route and rapidly out-earn an Enlisted with similar time in.

It really depends on what your physical fitness level is. If you work out on a regular basis and have a semi-decent diet then you won't have any problems. It's the older guys who think they can just show up and pass everything because they moved boxes for UPS that run into issues.

Ugh please don't engage this guy, it was a good topic until he showed up and there's nothing to gain from trying to continue conversation with him.

Bok_Choi posted...

Hexenherz posted...

I wonder why they got rid of Dragoons in favor of Stalkers in SC2?

The official reason is that the zerg invasion of Auir ruined most of the dragoon production facilities. The remaining dragoons were outfitted with extra powerful cannons and shields to become immortals. Stalkers replaced them because the dark templar had them around.

Where do you find official reasons for units >_> There's so much I am curious about.

Oh snap I didn't know that about her, thanks for the clarification.

isn't she a legal resident though why would there be discussion about her being deported?

I bought it before the DLC came out and I even pre-ordered the DLC but I haven't played it yet >_>.

It's not too hard if you just do a few sets of push-ups and sit-ups throughout the day.
I used to love running after boot camp just because of where my school was but then I reached my first duty station and I lost all interest >_>.

Anyway... I don't know if you have other questions besides gaming, but I'm more than happy to answer what I can.

As far as boot camp goes, just remember that none of it is personal against you and that even if it doesn't feel like it'll get better, it does get better. Our RDCs were asses the first half of the program (I guess that's what they're paid to be), and then after that they started softening up a bit and treating us more like people. Especially after boot camp you want to make sure to maintain your military bearing (greeting the senior ranking folk and saluting officers is a big one, I'm surprised we have to hear about that almost every week where I'm at because people aren't doing it) but you can relax a little bit. You'll still run into that one dumbass that maintains the boot camp RDC mentality throughout their whole career but they are the minority.

The old ones remind me of this NES game, I think it was called North and South (it was based on the Civil War) and the cavalry units just looked like big spiders because 8-bit sprites :\

I wonder why they got rid of Dragoons in favor of Stalkers in SC2?

FWIW, the PT standards are publicly available and there's even an app you can download to calculate your PRT scores.

http://www.navy-prt.com/malestandard/20-24.html

For a 22 year old male, 50 push-ups is the equivalent of a Good-Low which is basically the bare minimum you'll ever want to achieve (if you don't go for higher). You also need 58 sit-ups and a 12 minute mile and a half.

At many commands in the Navy you have the option to do alternate cardio events that can be easier than the run for some people (other branches don't have these options by default and instead require waivers, and the alternate events tend to be harder for them). They include running on a treadmill, stationary bike, elliptical and swim. You won't have these choices in boot camp and possibly not at your A School but it is something to maybe consider once you move on, if you aren't a fan of running like me.

I have 10 years of experience (Navy), a lot of it just depends on what your rating is. If you're out to sea you're going to want to focus on getting warfare pins and qualifications and attending the shipboard college courses and doing a good job but there is some possibility for downtime where you can maybe play on a laptop. On shore you basically work a regular 9-5 job (hours will vary) and in your free time you can do whatever you want to.

You can game all the time if you want but I recommend against it and instead recommend trying to find a good work-life balance (where video games are part of the picture but also you do other stuff like ... get out and socialize with people, pick up a hobby that gets you outdoors, etc.).

EDIT: There's a lot of information about other branches' entry training but it doesn't necessarily apply. Navy RDCs technically can't "drop you" or "IT you" any more, and instead are required to adhere to fairly safe/moderated physical workouts with a max quantity of exercise reps and a limited amount of possible exercise types.

It's really actually easy if you just act mature, respond appropriately and help out the other people in your division once you've figured it out yourself (teamwork is huge).

I don't really trust Hyundai's fuel economy claims after that 40 MPG scandal...

Why not test drive the car that you're actually planning on getting since the seating is going to be different...

YourDrunkFather posted...

Wait. Are chips new in the US? Lol

Yes they just started rolling them out maybe a couple of years ago, many places still don't have a chip reader and many of the places that DO have a chip reader don't work so you wind up sliding the card anyway.

Kisai posted...

Hexenherz posted...

I hate that half the time the readers here don't even use the chip even though they have the chip reader and then you wind up signing it anyway so it defeats the whole purpose of using the chip instead of just swiping it.

Swiping is a faster method anyways, though. Chip is way slower.

Theoretically the chip and PIN is a more secure combination since 99% of the time they never even check your signature or ID in the US anyway. Even then, as long as the card is signed and the signature of the person making the purchase look similar enough the merchant's not going to question it.

EDIT: What a trainwreck of a paragraph I posted. What I mean is, when properly implemented even if it takes a little longer the Chip and PIN is better imo.

It's fine in countries where the readers consistently work right and you actually use a PIN
I hate that half the time the readers here don't even use the chip even though they have the chip reader and then you wind up signing it anyway so it defeats the whole purpose of using the chip instead of just swiping it.

MJ_Max posted...

People who lmao about this stuff are just doing it as a defense mechanism to diffuse their fear by downplaying the threat. I know cuz I do the same thing

What threat though? They could get lucky and launch a missile that damages the US but all reports say they're not even ready to launch a functioning nuclear warhead so

Chip and PIN is so late to arrive to the US and we don't even use it right it's embarrassing.

Ammonitida posted...

It's too easy once you get the hang of it -- lacking the natural disaster expansion that provided some end-game difficulty. Nowhere near as good as Tropico 5.

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"Nowhere near as good as Tropico 5" from a control perspective or from a gameplay perspective? Because I'm a fan of the Tropico series and 5 was easily the most broken...

I used to love that crap, played it in middle school all the time.

That's part of it, but it's obvious there was meant to be an underlying plot that was driven towards some form of resolution. The original series ended on a really bad cliffhanger and the latest season did nothing but add absurdity and complexity to the story instead of trying to resolve anything.

Also I don't like that they introduced two new characters that might be the replacements for Anderson and Duchovny, who not only have essentially the same personalities but the same physical appearance as well. It's a bit insulting.

I'd be fine if they just dropped it at this point. It's obvious there's no real conclusion for the series and the revival season just made things even more ridiculously convoluted than the show already was.

I keep meaning to look into those declassified + released project blue book files.
I do believe in at least a couple of sighting stories out there, but not the majority of them. Also not convinced on alien abductions although the idea of aliens has freaked me out since childhood >_>.

DelianSK posted...

Dreamcast

Dreamcast rawked.

There is a topic about it on the PC board. There's a clear division between people who think it's overpriced for a collection of NES games and the people who think those games are better than anything that's come out on Steam in the last several years.

I think it's a pretty cool idea but I still don't understand why they didn't just include the remastered version of Duck Tales in the pack.

Lonestar2000 posted...

RAGE
Homefront: The Revolution

but
these were both fairly generic run-of-the-mill FPS games (well, RAGE had an interesting setting but the gameplay sucked), don't know how you could be disappointed in the endings of either of them...

Doom_Art posted...

Iodine posted...

Facts don't matter in Trump's America.

That lie I've actually encountered quite a bit. FISA warrants are a bitch to get, especially on a member of a political campaign during a fucking election year. Like jeez.

That repeated lie, combined with how every day all the Trumpers are "well this is case closed on Russia!" makes me rather worried for them.

It's like they think that because they say or imagine it, that means it'll come true.

It makes you worried for THEM? It makes me worried for everyone. These people are dragging the rest of us back fifty years.

Crazyman93 posted...

I'm sorry, is there really a problem if the current administration is friendly with Russia? What POSSIBLE BAD could come out of stronger, more positive Russo-American ties?

Russia is a bad country and we have absolutely nothing to gain strategically from being allies with them.

The US would not launch nuclear weapons at North Korea, don't be ridiculous. That has farther reaching implications than just "lol blowing up Pyongyang".

North Korean nuclear weapons are statistically massive failures. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they haven't even designed a warhead capable of fitting on a missile and the missiles they test more often than not fail the tests. It's possible they could launch a nuclear weapon and it's possible it could hit the US, but it would probably either be intercepted or not land on target.

I mean I do every once in a while but that's because I use foreign sites sometimes and they put those darned cookies on your system. If you didn't browse to a Russian-based site I don't know why you'd be seeing Russian ads, though.

The grammar in that sentence is weird, I think they just fed it through Google Translate.

It basically says "Click Here" (in the dark blue box), and then "in order to receive more information about getting your family members or friends employed to take care of you."

It's just strange that they combined the "getting them a job" and "take care of you" part in one sentence like that and it doesn't have a very Russian flow to it.

DezCaughtIt posted...

AzureAnihilator posted...

"Yaay, I got my own money back! Look everyone, look how big my numbers are!"

lmao. Millennials are such a clown show.

I mean you can't really not choose to pay federal taxes

Getting a refund back doesn't just mean you paid taxes, it means you overpaid. And overpaying by 3k is quite a bit for some people.

I personally don't care but I also don't brag about getting back big refunds :\

UrCa1988 posted...

Chrome. Recently learned when I built a new PC that it carries saved passwords and extensions into a fresh install because of the account tied to it which was pretty great. It doesn't save settings, but not having to wrack my brain trying to remember how I set things up is a huge timesaver.

Firefox has similar functionality.
You can also use a third party password storage service, too.

frozenshock posted...

Netscape Navigator

I really loved Netscape Navigator and I'm bummed that Seamonkey doesn't get as much development love, it's basically updated once a year now if that.

Lonestar2000 posted...

Fire in the Sky

Oh eff that, too. In elementary school we had some book ... meeting at the library and the guest speaker was like "oh yeah check out this book about the Hindenberg called Fire in the Sky". This is before the online days of being able to look stuff up super easily and ordering it and all that. So we go to BN and order "Fire in the Sky". Go to pick it up next week... it's got aliens in it. Friggin' hell.

I don't remember, fml.
I know Sightings and X-Files used to creep me out quite a bit though. And Unsolved Mysteries.
I can't think of any movies that did, though. Maybe it's because my mom didn't let me watch anything remotely scary (not even Nightmare before Christmas).

I alternate between Vivaldi and Waterfox but I've been consistently using Vivaldi the past several months (I've had this bad habit over the last 15 years of switching browsers every few months).

3khc posted...

I just want to know how safe the ship is. The article says strike group. Are we attacking or what?

That's just what a group of ships is called. You have a Fleet that's responsible for operations within a specific Area of Responsibility (say, the Pacific Ocean), and then within that fleet you have carrier strike groups that are comprised of groups of ships. It doesn't indicate or imply any sort of hostile action, it's just the name of the group of ships.

Makeveli_lives posted...

Balkov posted...

littlebro07 posted...

Balkov posted...

littlebro07 posted...

Why are we trying to piss off two countries backed by two of the most powerful countries on Earth

Because we're a lot more powerful than both of them combined. Still a bad move imo

Combined? Individually I could see but together they'd probably wreck our shit

They don't have the money, technology or force projection capabilities to do any significant damage to us.

As far as we know. Granted I do think we'd win but its not like we're taking candy from a baby

This is silly - we know quite a bit, especially about Russia and their obsolete technologies and inability to effectively coordinate military action as evidenced by the 2008 Georgia invasion and their current activity in Syria.

littlebro07 posted...

Balkov posted...

littlebro07 posted...

Why are we trying to piss off two countries backed by two of the most powerful countries on Earth

Because we're a lot more powerful than both of them combined. Still a bad move imo

Combined? Individually I could see but together they'd probably wreck our shit

Russia doesn't have the ability to strike US territories without the use of ICBM/SLBMs (and that would not be their first inclination, especially over a country like Syria). China is developing the ability at a more rapid rate but it still isn't a concern right now.

Furthermore, no one at all is really blaming the US for its stance against North Korea. China itself has come out in the past couple years as an opponent of the direction North Korea is heading in, so attacking NK might upset the Chinese a little bit but it's not going to provoke any sort of war with China as a whole.

1. The Opera you're using now is not the same Opera you might have used years ago - it has switched to Chromium and was sold to a Chinese company last year.
2. Since it's Chromium based you can install any add-ons you want from the Chrome store.
3. The original Opera devs got together to make Vivaldi which is a really rockin' browser, and I recommend it to everyone, especially over Opera now.

yusiko posted...

i always thought it was gutenta
learn something new every day
at least this isnt as embarassing as the time i didnt know new zealand was a country (i thought it was like saskatchewan to australia)

No that's p. embarrassing... it's literally good day >_>