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http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nasa-wants-spacecraft-designed-mars-return-tr NASA just threw some work in the direction of 3 big boys to design a return vessel to take off from Mars. I guess they're not yet working on the idea of keeping folks there long term. Though it seems it's for minerals, which I guess they'd want that brought back.

Oh I'm replying to the end bit on "holy shit that's a word" I guess I should of cropped that bit off...

D-FENS First time watching it. Pretty enjoyable. Weird when I looked it up n found it was a Joel Schumacher film. I only know him for trashing Batman.

Err no. I'm sure they took gullible out the dictionary years ago.

I dislike the "walled garden" approach they have. It kind of started off as making things simpler for the end user but it's become like a death grip on consumers and developers. Their app approval policy is insanely arbitrary, and their increasing royalties on apps isn't going to earn them any fans. I think they'll ultimately piss it all away. The iPhone market that is. Unless something goes weird on Windows then I doubt they'll get much on the Mac side. As for Macs, they're fiddly to use, but that's maybe just part of using Windows a lot, it'd be the same the other way around. I dislike being forced to use them for digital creative work, especially when it's software that's on Windows. No reason to do so other than the stereotype. The Mac Pros haven't been updated for a while (cos they're expensive) so the Windows machines (Dell XPS I think, business grade machines) are much faster. Finally this year they realised that, and I think there's less n less lessons done in the Mac suites, it's more a general thing now. I think Toon Boom is the only one left, and FCP if folks want to use that. They're annoying too cos most of the folks with external drives are NTFS, and Macs don't support that. Oh yeah having to "quit" programs is a needless step. I kind of expect the program to close when I hit the red button. not just have the window pop away. Part of the reason they were so goddamn slow. As for iPods, I had a sansa. Half the price, same capacity as the nanos, just as slick. Served me well. No need to stick the apple bloatware on your PC to run it either. They may do nice looking hardware, but damn if they can't fuck up the software making process. I half think they do it on purpose. Make iTunes n Safari n all that lot run like crap on Windows.

You actually require insurance to see them? I guess that complicates things. Still I recommend it. Better safe than sorry. Impaired vision is no joke.

This just cycled into my current playlist from somewhere., Thought I'd share Also how far did I say I got into the spotify list?

Do you wear glasses? If not when was the last time you went the opticians? If you get strong headaches and such from watching a screen for a long time (like unusually so, if you watch TV for a long while it will cause you issues regardless), or from watching something in 3D then it's a good sign you'll want to get a checkup. For those who don't you should get a checkup at least every 2 years anyway, even when you're young. they can spot many complications that may develop when older very early on these days.

About the advance of the GUI and away from kb/m to more interactive systems. Some actual innovation. Though I can't say I'd be happy if that's the Win 8 UI shown off midway through (there's suggestions that it is). If it's like WMC then yeah it looks good, but I'd like something "windows"

Companies really need to start providing PDF files on their site to allow us to download and print out our own clean covers.

You should check my motto over n Raptr

Well there was like 100million of them sold. And only 15 years ago. I'd imagine they're still common.

Are they rare? My dad has one. We hardly use it though since the PS2 n PS3 plays PS1 games.

Oh I didn't read too much. Just they were the bigger of the sites to take on my Portal 2 "rumour" (The rest was reddit, N4G, n forums n smaller enthusiast blog things) Also I'll add em to the News Feed.

I got no reply btw. Gonna go prodding again tomorrow since I think it was a bit of bad timing for the email, and couple guys on steam being asking about it too http://pressxordie.com/2011/02/26/rumour-portal-2-achievements-in-the-wild/

http://nerdcubed.co.uk I've been reading these guys since they came about. Pretty good, at first I thought it'd be minecraft gags, but it's become it's own thing, own set of characters within the MC sandbox. Not too keen on the random guest comic he runs. The "Frank" ones are okay I guess (as he's running today)

http://www.onlive.com/This is a service I'm pretty interested in. Not yet out in the UK, but I'll be giving it a serious eyeballing when it does. Anyone here using it? Interested? What are your thoughts on the future. Oh yeah if you Pre-order Homefront you get the Micro Console thrown in for free, which is a pretty sweet pre-order deal Not often the game comes with a console. Normally the other way around. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GamasutraNews/~3/czyVtnYt4yc/OnLive_Offering_Free_Microconsole_With_Homefront_PreOrder.php

http://board.pressxordie.com/topic/290-smoovesonian-gallery/

Holy crap. GAME have a deal on where if you trade in the 3DS within a month they'll buy it back off you for £190. They sell it for £197. That's £7 to essentially rent the 3DS for a month. http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx?lid=15335&cm_mmc=update-_-wk0411-_-leadFeature-_-3dspricedrop

Well I guess a picture says a thousand words on my general opinion Anyone here an Apple user/fan? Anyone up for deriding them?

I'm meaning hte one under your shelf/above desk. I assume there's soemthing there that's been scrubbed out cos your PS3 is half invisible in a couple of shots. As if a photoshop brush got a bit too close to it.

I'm curious as to what poster or whatever you have on your wall

Yeah, they're not "bad" games. Just "disappointing"

key word being "Most"

If you're ever having a dull day this should be your first stop. So fill the thread with things that should make you happy n raise the spirits (Robert Llewellyns, aka Kyrten of Red Dwarf, kid)