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Ah yeah I mentioned I'd add a bit on this then forgot. http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page Movies, Games, Music etc via digital distribution is going to seem old school with what the RepRap can bring. There's several projects like this that are maybe a good decade off being in many homes, for now it's a engineers toy. It's also going to make game n movie piracy look lame in comparison. It would allow you to go "oh hey, I want a spoon". You download the latest blueprints and print one out. Electronics would be more out of the league of it's capabilities, but nearly everything else, just common shapes are within reach. Why go and buy a manakin when I can get the designs off the web, pour some plastic in the machine and poof, got my own manakin. I'm not sure on what you need as production material, but if you could just shred a coke bottle then put the plastic from that in a hopper, it technically doesn't even cost you anything either. You're turning what would be rubbish into something usable. Oh and if you've watched the video you've picked this up but it's also self-replicating. Reprap can make another reprap. Which means that it has the potential to become near 0 in cost of production. (also implications in machines making machines) Sure it's not as fancy or impressive as a Star Trek replicator, but it's something that could be come a disruptive technology.

I love The Cloud. Think it's great. I think maybe you're using the cloud for something that isn't mind. DVD, CDs etc would be "digital distribution" which has way more applications than just media. I'll add some stuff on to that at the bottom. The cloud-cloud though is amazing. I'm a huge fan of Dropbox, Gdocs, evernote etc. I can just go in class, even without a PC and do work, then go home and poof pop open evernote or my browser, dropbox folder and it's all there too. I lose my flashdrive, no worries( my flash drive these days is mostly just A Portable Apps thing anyway). I love being a "Digital Nomad". Also over Xmas I could pop open dropbox or whatever on my phone (I should maybe get more into Picassa) and show my gran some of my pictures n stuff. She's got no PC so it's about the only way I could do that (Oh and she loved using hte touch screen for going through images) The Smart TV is more of a compromise between the fact HTPC's are a really good idea, but no one wants them. They'll probably evolve over time. I'm hoping maybe for some kind of Honeycomb integration, could really spice it up. Just build Tegra into your TV and you're sorted. Arrgh... Cos there's a time n a place for the Steve Jobs hate fest I'll just point out that all he did was popularize the smartphone. He did not create them, nor will he lead their future and the market. The iPhone's are being grossly outpaced by what Androids' can do now. Gaming is about the only the only stepping stone on that. (if folks wish to discuss more Apple things, another thread can be made) Oh n the same will happen with tablets too. There's only one iPad, one iPhone. There's many Android devices and this lets the consumers pick the direction of the market, rather than being told what they want. And the App Store on MAcs is kinda hilarious/disturbing. For one, Steam has clearly being doing it a while longer but on top of that I don't think their policies for a walled garden phone will work on a desktop. So I guess overall it's a good thing Apple aren't leading the direction of tech at the moment. I think maybe some folks are being too precious about language sometimes. As long as the meaning gets across fine who cares if we use thru instead of through or that I'll be l8 this evening. It's kind of an evolution of our now high speed lives. Google make Google instant, shaving of a whole 0.0008 seconds off a search, but in this day and age, that's eons. Also it's maybe not too bad most folks are used to typing over writing ,at least it means everyone is legible. Also I'm with Battra on the love of a nice crisp shiny Blu-Ray in HD than some shitty low bit stream. Why spend hundreds of pounds on a TV then use it to display some crappy feed. I don't mind on regular TV, soaps etc. But I wouldn't want to watch stuff like ..Tron or Star Trek etc in anything less than Blu-Ray since the option is available. But we're probably just videophiles

I played the first one a bit but yeah it's kinda fun, and surprisingly the "out dated" style didn't really put me off (kinda wishing I'd got Disgea 3 when it was cheap and still on shelves). But it is very grindy and a bit 'huge'. If you get what I mean.

Technology is moving forward at ever faster paces and becoming more and more integrated with our daily lives. The Sci-Fi stories of Blade Runner, Matrix, Minority Report becoming almost documentaries before their time. What are your thoughts on the rapid pace of technology? Too fast? Do you think it will have massive consequences or be the answer to our dreams? Also worth a read up is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity And I leave you with the video that inspired me to make this topic. (oh n as n when I come across stuff I'll dump related things in here)

In that case...play ME2 or an other action game. Not to be mean directly to you, this is more a general thing, but I kind of find it retarded that the DA:O formula was such a hit with so many people, but they're now gutting it to make it a hit with the folks who liked ME2...when they already have ME2. There's enough games on the market they don't all have to become the same thing.

And added to my playlist.

Yeah I think this is more in mind of the folks who don't go out n buy FPS games n such, the latest BF to play in shiny graphics. Maybe something the teen kid will play on his crappy PC since his mum won't get him an Xbox or whatever. Actually I might dump my code on my brother, see what he thinks of it.

Ah thats what you were saying about. I wondered what you were going on about an old man following us amongst lobbies. I mute pretty much everyone except TAY folks so I never heard him. I think it was live2die4 btw. (It'll be in your 'recently met online' list)

The Movie or the Video game, because both were good. The movie. If I got the game I'd of made the distinction.

Oh yeah for the guys who didn't join in; Me Kenshi n Dave all hopped on for a bit. Dave had to dust off his mutliplayer sync so me n Kenshi played on our tod for a bit. Ended up yapping on random stuff, must of drove our team mates mad Oh and we kicked ass too.

They got a lot of credit with DA:O, it was a pretty damn good game. And we're not saying it won't be bad, just it won't be as good as the original. When there's plenty of other good WRPGs vying for out 40 quid it pays to be cautious of a game that seems to be changing itself to suit the publishers pen pushers.

it's 11pm. If there's more folks up for stuff then yeah. But just the two of us? not so much. Also the weekend runs to tomorrow.

I'm eating at the moment, but once I'm finished noming I'm down.

"Stealth Kill"? That's what kids call it these days huh?

Just bought a 1TB external drive. I have back-ups and such internally, but there's just something itching at my mind that it's not enough. Also gonna use it to dump everything off my current back-up drive, wipe it then re-partition. So that's a fair chunk of my Xmas cash gone.

Chat box on the streaming page: I guess it fits okay. I still think folks will use the streaming chat box to discuss the stream. But if folks wanted to do both, the main chat page does have the pop-out button

Yeah I am interested in how they'll expand the original Portal. Portal 2 is meant to be twice the length, with a portal length co-op campaign ontop. I think the new materials n such should help in expanding the gameplay a bit. But I'm also unsure if it'll needlessly increase the complexity too. Portal was on a nice level of skill and puzzle solving that you could play it "casually". I don't want to be having to work out string theory to be able to beat lvl 4. I think this one has more story elements to it. Portal had snippets here n there with the writings on the wall and what GLaDOS tells you. But quite a bit has been built up in out of game information and a small bit with Episode 2. I'll be picking up the game regardless, Portal was great and more of that is always good.

For anyone interested the comment that sparked this off: http://kotaku.com/comment/35558284

I've not read the most recent ones. Last I read was Making Money.

But we just stopped D: (AI won't be on again til 8, gonna take a break, grab food then hop onboard)

I did say "I think" I'm not certain, but I'd assume a setting to have it so music is quieter than multiplayer voices. As for folks playing, I'm hoping on once I've finished this SG:A episode.