David Hingtgen

Arrrgh. It never ends. Suncoast just emailed me to say they fulfilled my backorder---which I cancelled. They'll probably send it overnight too. This has become the most expensive CD I've ever acquired. PS---half the tracks are slightly altered from the movie. (the ones with asterisks--mainly all the notable themes). Very close, but "not quite it" in places.

I really enjoy the show that comes after it however, "Life". Though the last ep wasn't as good as the first two.

Even though I reserve airbrushing for only the "most uber-important" areas (I HATE getting the paint ready and cleaning up afterwards for 10x longer than the actual spraying)----even bad airbushing looks better than good hand-brushing. That said: Try thinning the paint. It solves a lot of problems in my experience. Brushing, spraying, etc. Sharp blades. And cut towards you. Years of experience (and talking to everybody else who uses knives for more than just chopping carrots) shows that most "common sense" suggestions about blades and cutting are BS from people who tend to injure themselves a lot. SHARP blades and cut towards you so you can see where the blade's going. Explanation: most people get cut by the blade slipping and rapidly heading off in an undesired direction. Why does the blade slip? Because it's not sharp enough to slice in. Why does it go off at speed when it slips? Because you're putting a lot of force into it because it's not cutting. And cutting away from you--you can't see it working (or likely, not working). Sharp blade cutting towards you---minimal effort, low speed. Because the blade is doing the work, not you. And you can see what it's doing. If it does somehow slip--it'll be going so slow you can probably stop it in mid-air before it actually cuts you. And even if it does---it'll be a very shallow, smooth cut that'll heal in a few hours. And often won't bleed even a drop.

A bit OT that the above reminded me of: On many movies, old to new, VHS to DVD---the dialogue is really quiet. As is often the music. But the sound effects (from footsteps to rain, to explosions) are very loud. It seems MUCH more common on DVD however. I often find myself being torn between hearing the dialogue, and not blowing out my eardrums. I have to turn it WAY up to hear dialogue sometimes, which makes everything else 5x louder than I want. Yet it certainly wasn't that way in the theater--I could clearly follow the conversation, with a subtle ambience of sounds and music in the background. Exact opposite experience at home. Now, some DVD players offer various "tweaks" to sound settings, but I never find any that really help--maybe a SLIGHT improvement, but usually they just make it worse.

My guess is that it could be the US and JP versions of AC3 being so different--they might overlap in their memory/saves or something and overwrite each other or something--games always scan for "their own" saves and can identify them, and report all other games as "other game/unusable space". Some games are so "compatible" that you can actually us a US save on a JP game, because the ONLY difference is going to be menu language etc--all it saves is level/time/money etc. I don't think there's a single game out there so different between versions as AC3. It may partly recognize the other version or something, and try to overwrite it or read from it and use it as its own. Just a theory. Or it could be that the US version is so hacked up that the save system is weird, but the flaw only shows up on JP systems or something--a situation they'd never test for bugs.

Well, my CD was waiting for me when I got home, glad no one stole it. Haven't listened yet, just got back. Scorponok is spelled correctly on both booklet and disc at least.

Quick thought I had about the end of the ep: Now I'm thinking it was real, not just an illusion---otherwise---why would she reveal her real self?

I'm buying the cheapest, single-disc version for now. Will buy the obviously-coming-in-the-future mega-uber-version in HD later. Maybe 18 months from now when it should be out on Blu-Ray.

We were talking about it a bit in the Heroes thread. My quick summary of episode quality: 1. Second 2. First 3. Third Hopefully ep 4 won't be fourth.

Gah! That could instantly ruin the entire rest of the Mass Effect series. It would also explain why so many people were leaving Bioware as ME was getting finished...

I was flipping past the TV Guide channel and they revealed a spoiler or two. But they're really obvious, predictable things that'll probably show up within 2 or 3 eps.

I like Mylene...

I just noticed my IP changed. It's been the same for months, but now I get two different (but close) ones in just a few days.

::mod mode:: Whew, here only 7 mins after the thread started. No flames YET...

Amazon refunded my "overnight shipping charges" after I emailed them. They simply screwed up and shipped it second day. Still, I'd rather have it in time to listen to on my trip, than 5 bucks...

Absolutely. But physical lack of large planes isn't really the problem. The problem is going from 1 757 to 5 ERJ's. Same number of people, but takes 5x as much runway/gate/ATC time. The airlines claim having more flights, more often, on smaller planes gives people more choice/convienence. Except, now that this leads to 3 hour delays all the time, it really isn't working. Best example: Some years ago I flew to Seattle via Chicago. It used to be 1 DC-10 flight for the 11AM-ish departure. But it had recently changed to 2 757's. Departed 1 min apart, same airline, same route. Gate agents announced every 5 mins to people which plane was which flight--as they had almost identical flight numbers, flew the same place/route, and were at adjacent gates! How is that helping the crowded airways? Also, there is almost no situation where replacing one old plane with two newer ones will make it more efficient---maybe 1 707 with 2 737-600's, but that's not going to happen. It's even worse now, we've got small cities getting 50-seat jets leaving half-empty every 45 mins, instead of a full 727 every 3 hours. I think most people would gladly trade the "convienence" of more departures, for fewer depatures that WERE ON TIME. How is 7 flights a day, 2 hours apart, but always 2 hours late, any better than 3 flights a day, 4 hours apart?

If they're doing batt-op ones, Omega Supreme or Trypticon would be better choices. They're expensive, but big and worth it. Skylynx never impressed me. (He didn't really transform so much as "extend legs and tail")

That's annoying/sucky: As I had placed the order early this morning, it was shipped out this afternoon---and I paid for/requested overnight delivery. BUT---since it was only guaranteed by Friday when I ordered (in case it didn't get out until tomorrow)----they shipped it via SECOND day according to UPS's site, so it's still not going to get here until Friday--and second day usually isn't delivered in the morning like overnight. At least it's coming--I hope. I won't be surprised if it's actually the soundtrack, and not the score. (Yes, I'm becoming fairly bitter at this point---I'm just trying to buy a CD that should be readily available)

IMHO A350 simply isn't a threat. The 787 has a tremendous order book because airlines want a more fuel-efficient plane as soon as possible---not 5 years from now. Even if the 787 was delayed by 2 years somehow, it'd still be in service well before the A350. Boeing may be depending on the 787, but Airbus is depending on the A350. (Both REALLY make their money from their small planes though---737 and A320 are still going strong) CO, NW, ANA, QF, etc are not going to cancel due to a 6-month delay, to order a different plane that'll arrive 60 months later. The only real questions (big order-wise) are American and United---American is utterly undecided, and the rumor was United might go for the A350 simply due to the 787 order book being so full that if you order now you won't get any until the A350's out. Early 787 customers won't give up their delivery slots for anything, but if you haven't ordered yet---it's going to be a long wait.

Aug 2008? That's a long wait. But might be worth it.

Long story short----officially no, but very easy to implement with some, but not with the specific stereo mine has. So no.

I was thinking about closing this thread a while ago. 93 pages---gotta be a record for a "formal" Macross thread. And it'll get WAY too huge with Nora. So watch for "Sv-51 part 2" soon. Though, there's a lot of hints/tips/fixes in the later pages of this thread, would hate to split that apart as they'll probably be needed when Nora comes out.

It'd be easier to put it in the coolest part of the room if: 1. Power brick wasn't so huge with such a short cable. It doesn't help to have a 6ft cable to the wall, when the cable to the system is only like 18 inches. 2. Cables weren't so incredibly thick. They have like a 1ft minimum turn radius.

If there's another delay, it'll still be a year ahead of the A380 delay-wise. And it's still years and years ahead of the A350. Airbus isn't laughing. The 787 needs about 5 years of delays to fall behind the A350's service entry.

I don't own an MP3 player. Mainly due to hating headphones of all styles. I need an external speaker.