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Goldilocks planet found.

So here's the question: Assuming that there is no established intelligent life living there, assuming it were habitable, and assuming we could get there, would you want to move to this planet? Would you want to be a part of new Earth?

I say hells yes!

bob_newman

It is about 120 trillion miles (195 trillion kilometres) away, so it would take several generations for a spaceship to get there.Article

[QUOTE="bob_newman"]

Goldilocks planet found.

So here's the question: Assuming that there is no established intelligent life living there, assuming it were habitable, and assuming we could get there, would you want to move to this planet? Would you want to be a part of new Earth?

I say hells yes!

JordanElek

God you guys are all such nerds.

I said assumingwe could get there. As in, if the technology was available.

God. Nerds.

Just played an epic 12 inning game in MLB10. It ended with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th after a nice comeback down by 3 late in the game. Still on my first season, haven't played in a few weeks am in a tight pennant race half a game back of first place 9 games left.

Haven't had this much fun with a sports game since Madden 04.

Some of you are playing NHL11 these days right? How is that going because it looks really good.

http://media.wii.ign.com/media/872/872155/imgs_1.html

New Zelda Skyward Sword screens for anyone interested.

I don't know what it is, but something is just outstanding about the art-stylle It seems like a perfect fit. A lot of people griped but I really like it.

Just played an epic 12 inning game in MLB10. It ended with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th after a nice comeback down by 3 late in the game. Still on my first season, haven't played in a few weeks am in a tight pennant race half a game back of first place 9 games left.

Haven't had this much fun with a sports game since Madden 04.

Some of you are playing NHL11 these days right? How is that going because it looks really good.

roboccs

Amazing.

Granted I haven't picked up an NHL game from EA since '06 but it's really smooth and very realistic. It's too bad that if you got it you wouldn't be able to play against me Mr. PS3.

[QUOTE="roboccs"]

Just played an epic 12 inning game in MLB10. It ended with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th after a nice comeback down by 3 late in the game. Still on my first season, haven't played in a few weeks am in a tight pennant race half a game back of first place 9 games left.

Haven't had this much fun with a sports game since Madden 04.

Some of you are playing NHL11 these days right? How is that going because it looks really good.

Amazing.

Granted I haven't picked up an NHL game from EA since '06 but it's really smooth and very realistic. It's too bad that if you got it you wouldn't be able to play against me Mr. PS3.

Some of you are playing NHL11 these days right? How is that going because it looks really good.roboccs

Passing, for one, really sucks. It seems like at least 50% of my passes go to the wrong guy, which has never been a problem for me in a hockey game before.

Shooting is handled with the right analog stick, which honestly doesn't work any better than pressing a button, and it ends up being more cumbersome.

Checking isn't satisfying at all, except in maybe one or two instances per game.

And the deke is practically worthless.

With all that said, it's still a lot of fun. It's hockey. Hockey games are always fun. And I may just not be good at the controls. And I may prefer the more exciting and accurate but probably less realistic controls of that NHL2K game. The deke in that game was incredible if you could time it right. Checking was AWESOME with some enormous hits and painful sound effects. Passing was simple. Shooting was simple. It gave you full stick control for special poke checks, PLUS a regular quick poke check button.

I've played a bunch of games with my brother (locally). I don't know about all the modes and options, but the actual gameplay is just okay. It's a lot better than EA's NHL games used to be (back when they were arcadey hit fests), but it still isn't as good as the NHL2K games were back around... '04? '05 maybe? The AI might be better in NHL 11, but the controls and the feel of the game aren't up to par with whatever NHL2K game I played all the time when I was in college.

Passing, for one, really sucks. It seems like at least 50% of my passes go to the wrong guy, which has never been a problem for me in a hockey game before.

Shooting is handled with the right analog stick, which honestly doesn't work any better than pressing a button, and it ends up being more cumbersome.

Checking isn't satisfying at all, except in maybe one or two instances per game.

And the deke is practically worthless.

With all that said, it's still a lot of fun. It's hockey. Hockey games are always fun. And I may just not be good at the controls. And I may prefer the more exciting and accurate but probably less realistic controls of that NHL2K game. The deke in that game was incredible if you could time it right. Checking was AWESOME with some enormous hits and painful sound effects. Passing was simple. Shooting was simple. It gave you full stick control for special poke checks, PLUS a regular quick poke check button.

JordanElek

I think you just suck at the game because I have no problems with those points you raised. Except for the non-satisfying hits. I mean it's more realistic so I appreciate that but sometimes when I'm losing I just want to knock a guy down.

But then again I got the game because I wanted a realistic experience. 2K's series was too arcadey for me and it didn't feel like hockey at all. It's rare for me to prefer a sim but with hockey that's all I want.

So yeah you just suck.

OMFG YES!!!

This is one of those games that I didn't think was ever actually going to happen.

[QUOTE="JordanElek"][QUOTE="bob_newman"] BZZZT! [QUOTE="Article"]It is about 120 trillion miles (195 trillion kilometres) away, so it would take several generations for a spaceship to get there.bob_newman

God you guys are all such nerds.

I said assumingwe could get there. As in, if the technology was available.

God. Nerds.

If I didn't have a daughter, I'd go in a heart beat (if they could either freeze me until I got there, or clone me). I wouldn't want to be the first person to set foot on the planet just incase there were some incorrect calculations, but I would for sure go.

Before we ever make it to another solar system we'll have most likely started terraforming a closer one. I guess options aren't bad though

I'll defer to our Canadian friend of course, but ...

2K's series was too arcadey for me and it didn't feel like hockey at all. bob_newman

But yeah, my brother plays hockey regularly, and he agrees with you that NHL11 plays more like real hockey than any other hockey game. Not necessarily in the controls, but more in the AI and how you the plays actually pan out. I just hate having such difficulty with passing. Just out of curiosity, is there any way to determine if your pass goes to the closer guy or the farther guy in your line of sight? Because I get PISSED when a guy is wide open in the middle, but my pass ends up going to the guy on the other side of the ice.

I'll defer to our Canadian friend of course, but ... [QUOTE="bob_newman"]2K's series was too arcadey for me and it didn't feel like hockey at all. JordanElek

But yeah, my brother plays hockey regularly, and he agrees with you that NHL11 plays more like real hockey than any other hockey game. Not necessarily in the controls, but more in the AI and how you the plays actually pan out. I just hate having such difficulty with passing. Just out of curiosity, is there any way to determine if your pass goes to the closer guy or the farther guy in your line of sight? Because I get PISSED when a guy is wide open in the middle, but my pass ends up going to the guy on the other side of the ice.

Big Bang Theory

Tonight's episode was so much better and oustandingly hillarious, almost brought me into tears. No stupid sex jokes. Went right into the humor and had a brilliant script.

It's episodes like tonight that show that make The Big Bang Theory really stand out on TV. Ahuge improvement over last week's episode.

Big Bang Theory

Tonight's episode was so much better and oustandingly hillarious, almost brought me into tears. No stupid sex jokes. Went right into the humor and had a brilliant script.

It's episodes like tonight that show that make The Big Bang Theory really stand out on TV. Ahuge improvement over last week's episode.

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Big Bang Theory

Tonight's episode was so much better and oustandingly hillarious, almost brought me into tears. No stupid sex jokes. Went right into the humor and had a brilliant script.

It's episodes like tonight that show that make The Big Bang Theory really stand out on TV. Ahuge improvement over last week's episode.

alexh_99

(Last week's episode) I didn't laugh at Sheldon's mathmatics in producing a hypothesis with the number of men Penny "slept" with, nor did I laugh at the jokes of the "female Sheldon." The other half: Walowitz stole a mechanical robot arm for his junk. Uh-oh it's stuck, I need help. Did you try turning on and off the power? No.

(This week) Meanwhile I had some great laughs with with Sheldon and his electronic simulation projecting an image of himself on the monitor for his own safety and controlling it with mechanical legs to be able to move it around, and I almost cried of laughterin the scene with "Sheldon" and Leonard in the car. ....Bazinga!

Apparently, a lot of people don't understand how a business runs. Iwata has said part of the reason the 3DS is going to be 25,000 Yen ($300USD) is because of the reception it got at E3. [link].

Apparently Nintendo is being evil. I'm not happy with it possibly being $300, but a business isn't your friend. They'll obviously see how far they can go with the price, because I'm sure many people are willing to drop $300 for it anyway. Iwata has stated before that they wish they launched the Wii at a higher price too, so this isn't a surprise to be.

Apparently, a lot of people don't understand how a business runs. Iwata has said part of the reason the 3DS is going to be 25,000 Yen ($300USD) is because of the reception it got at E3.

Apparently Nintendo is being evil. I'm not happy with it possibly being $300, but a business isn't your friend. They'll obviously see how far they can go with the price, because I'm sure many people are willing to drop $300 for it anyway. Iwata has stated before that they wish they launched the Wii at a higher price too, so this isn't a surprise to be.

Haziqonfire

$300 seems like the perfect launch price for the 3DS to me. It'll get a quick(ish) price drop if Nintendo is wrong, though. And they may even go with $250 in North America like they did with the Wii, but after seeing Iwata's comments here, I don't think that's as likely as I initially thought. We'll see.

Dexter is such a good show. The new season has started and I just watched the first episode and oh my god its so good. I think I already know where this season is heading but damn. Everyone should watch this show.snowman6251

Big Bang Theory

Tonight's episode was so much better and oustandingly hillarious, almost brought me into tears. No stupid sex jokes. Went right into the humor and had a brilliant script.

It's episodes like tonight that show that make The Big Bang Theory really stand out on TV. Ahuge improvement over last week's episode.

I thought last weeks was funnier as well even if it was a little uncomfortable for me to tell my 10 year old daughter that I had no idea WHY Howard (or anyone) would do that with the robotic hand. I even said it with a straight face while my 12 year old son giggled.DDRMom

I predict $250 for 3DS still ( I think that't what I predicted a few days ago). Which to me is pretty much too high. When it drops to $199 then I'll be all in. Like I said, it works out good because:

A. DS software will get cheaper and I still love my DS.

B. By the time I get a 3DS I'll be able to get the launch and early good games for cheaper as well. It's a win-win. I just have to exercist patience.

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Put that in a spoiler tag ASAP. Anyone who hasn't seen the show and might start watching needs to NOT know that happens. It was a huge surprise. For the sake of the universe spoiler tag it.snowman6251

How on earth does that need a spoiler tag? Rita's murder is from last season so it's old news and shouldn't surprise anyone who has started watching this new season. I'm not going to put it in a spoiler tag just in case anyone who has not watched the first four seasons may start watching it from the beginning. :roll:

I was unable to watch the Office or Big Bang last night. Thank heaven for DVRs.

And about spoilers... When is the statute of limitations up for being allowed to discuss a spoiler? I used to watch Entourage but got away from it because I don't have HBO. I fell a few seasons behind but for a while there, when my brother and buddies would talk about it I would say not to spoil too much because I thought I would continue watch it. After awhile I stopped bothering and I would hear talk about it on the radio so I already know a lot and I couldn't get upset because things happened a few years ago. When's it appropriate to discuss spoilers?

[QUOTE="snowman6251"]Put that in a spoiler tag ASAP. Anyone who hasn't seen the show and might start watching needs to NOT know that happens. It was a huge surprise. For the sake of the universe spoiler tag it.DDRMom

How on earth does that need a spoiler tag? Rita's murder is from last season so it's old news and shouldn't surprise anyone who has started watching this new season. I'm not going to put it in a spoiler tag just in case anyone who has not watched the first four seasons may start watching it from the beginning. :roll:

I was unable to watch the Office or Big Bang last night. Thank heaven for DVRs.

And about spoilers... When is the statute of limitations up for being allowed to discuss a spoiler? I used to watch Entourage but got away from it because I don't have HBO. I fell a few seasons behind but for a while there, when my brother and buddies would talk about it I would say not to spoil too much because I thought I would continue watch it. After awhile I stopped bothering and I would hear talk about it on the radio so I already know a lot and I couldn't get upset because things happened a few years ago. When's it appropriate to discuss spoilers?

roboccs

I was unable to watch the Office or Big Bang last night. Thank heaven for DVRs.

And about spoilers... When is the statute of limitations up for being allowed to discuss a spoiler? I used to watch Entourage but got away from it because I don't have HBO. I fell a few seasons behind but for a while there, when my brother and buddies would talk about it I would say not to spoil too much because I thought I would continue watch it. After awhile I stopped bothering and I would hear talk about it on the radio so I already know a lot and I couldn't get upset because things happened a few years ago. When's it appropriate to discuss spoilers?

I agree, spoiler tags are very easy to do. I just don't believe they are necessary in this case.

[QUOTE="roboccs"]I was unable to watch the Office or Big Bang last night. Thank heaven for DVRs.

And about spoilers... When is the statute of limitations up for being allowed to discuss a spoiler? I used to watch Entourage but got away from it because I don't have HBO. I fell a few seasons behind but for a while there, when my brother and buddies would talk about it I would say not to spoil too much because I thought I would continue watch it. After awhile I stopped bothering and I would hear talk about it on the radio so I already know a lot and I couldn't get upset because things happened a few years ago. When's it appropriate to discuss spoilers?snowman6251

But that's just silly. If that's the case then we could never discuss anything without a spoiler tag, even the discussion of the season premier of The Big Bang Theory would also have had to go in spoiler tags for those that missed it. In the case of Dexter, Rita's death happened last December so I think we're save to discuss now. I mean, how far can you take it? Should we also not talk about the winner of last years Survivor, who shot JR or how Jerry and the gang went to jail in the last episode of Seinfeld?

I agree, spoiler tags are very easy to do. I just don't believe they are necessary in this case.

[QUOTE="snowman6251"][QUOTE="roboccs"]I was unable to watch the Office or Big Bang last night. Thank heaven for DVRs.

And about spoilers... When is the statute of limitations up for being allowed to discuss a spoiler? I used to watch Entourage but got away from it because I don't have HBO. I fell a few seasons behind but for a while there, when my brother and buddies would talk about it I would say not to spoil too much because I thought I would continue watch it. After awhile I stopped bothering and I would hear talk about it on the radio so I already know a lot and I couldn't get upset because things happened a few years ago. When's it appropriate to discuss spoilers?DDRMom

But that's just silly. If that's the case then we could never discuss anything without a spoiler tag, even the discussion of the season premier of The Big Bang Theory would also have had to go in spoiler tags for those that missed it. In the case of Dexter, Rita's death happened last December so I think we're save to discuss now. I mean, how far can you take it? Should we also not talk about the winner of last years Survivor, who shot JR or how Jerry and the gang went to jail in the last episode of Seinfeld?

The TF2 update is Man-Tastic.

I agree, spoiler tags are very easy to do. I just don't believe they are necessary in this case.

DDRMom

Well I was planning on watching the show from the beginning once my gf gets back into town, so you spoiled it for me.

[spoiler] Finally! Ialso just learned you don't have to insert"" anywhere.That was my problem. [/spoiler]

[QUOTE="DDRMom"]

I agree, spoiler tags are very easy to do. I just don't believe they are necessary in this case.

bob_newman

Well I was planning on watching the show from the beginning once my gf gets back into town, so you spoiled it for me.

[QUOTE="bob_newman"]

[QUOTE="DDRMom"]

I agree, spoiler tags are very easy to do. I just don't believe they are necessary in this case.

snowman6251

Well I was planning on watching the show from the beginning once my gf gets back into town, so you spoiled it for me.

She said she doesn't care

So Bob's just paying the price because she can't be bothered

At least when I ruined the second half of that episode of Wipeout Bob was watching I apologized and watched myself from then on

Anyone else watching Blue Bloods? Definitely my favorite new show.Head_of_games

[QUOTE="Head_of_games"]Anyone else watching Blue Bloods? Definitely my favorite new show.snowman6251

[QUOTE="snowman6251"][QUOTE="Head_of_games"]Anyone else watching Blue Bloods? Definitely my favorite new show.Head_of_games

I beat Professor Layton and the Curious Village earlier today and completed all the puzzles except for about half of the downloadable ones. What a great game. I can't wait to play the next two.... Right after the credits, I was already ready to play another one. Usually after finishing a game, I feel like I need a break from it for awhile, but not this time.

I'm also totally addicted to Angry Birds.... I'll spend hours at a time playing this stupid game. The completionist in me doesn't want to stop until I get three stars on a stage once I've started it, and sometimes that takes hours. :(

I beat Professor Layton and the Curious Village earlier today and completed all the puzzles except for about half of the downloadable ones. What a great game. I can't wait to play the next two.... Right after the credits, I was already ready to play another one. Usually after finishing a game, I feel like I need a break from it for awhile, but not this time.

JordanElek

[QUOTE="snowman6251"][QUOTE="bob_newman"]

Well I was planning on watching the show from the beginning once my gf gets back into town, so you spoiled it for me.

Jaysonguy

She said she doesn't care

So Bob's just paying the price because she can't be bothered

At least when I ruined the second half of that episode of Wipeout Bob was watching I apologized and watched myself from then on

I still don't believe it was a spoiler, it was common knowledge that she left the show and her murder featured prominately in all the season 5 trailers. Check here and this is a good one too. So there's no lesson to be learned.

Thank you for you input Jason, as always it's so enlightening to see these parts of your personality.

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[QUOTE="snowman6251"] See DDRmom? Learned your lesson?DDRMom

She said she doesn't care

So Bob's just paying the price because she can't be bothered

At least when I ruined the second half of that episode of Wipeout Bob was watching I apologized and watched myself from then on

I still don't believe it was a spoiler, it was common knowledge that she left the show and her murder featured prominately in all the season 5 trailers. Check here and this is a good one too. So there's no lesson to be learned.

Thank you for you input Jason, as always it's so enlightening to see these parts of your personality.

I still don't believe it was a spoiler, it was common knowledge that she left the show and her murder featured prominately in all the season 5 trailers. Check here and this is a good one too. So there's no lesson to be learned.

DDRMom

But if people are just talking about something, there doesn't need to be a slew of spoiler tagged sections, unless you know that there will be a ton of people reading the topic for other reasons who might not know the spoilers yet (like a thread about a game that just came out where a couple people start talking about the ending or something).

[QUOTE="DDRMom"]I still don't believe it was a spoiler, it was common knowledge that she left the show and her murder featured prominately in all the season 5 trailers. Check here and this is a good one too. So there's no lesson to be learned.

But if people are just talking about something, there doesn't need to be a slew of spoiler tagged sections, unless you know that there will be a ton of people reading the topic for other reasons who might not know the spoilers yet (like a thread about a game that just came out where a couple people start talking about the ending or something).