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Reply to Are we a nation of poor spellers? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I have been wondering the same lately. It seems that half of my peers here at the University of Michigan can't spell worth a damn. Not only that, but they insist on using "words" like 'u' and 'r' for "you" and "are" (respectively). The latter, especially, gets on my nerves. Nothing worse than hearing "How r u 2day?" when someone IMs you (instant-messaging is also another semi-necessary evil); I mean, really, what is that saving? A massive 4 or 5 keystrokes? Please, take the extra couple

Reply to Are we a nation of poor spellers? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I have been wondering the same lately. It seems that half of my peers here at the University of Michigan can't spell worth a damn. Not only that, but they insist on using "words" like 'u' and 'r' for "you" and "are" (respectively). The latter, especially, gets on my nerves. Nothing worse than hearing "How r u 2day?" when someone IMs you (instant-messaging is also another semi-necessary evil); I mean, really, what is that saving? A massive 4 or 5 keystrokes? Please, take the extra couple

Reply to Tillian to NONE in Gadgets & Electronics JoeUser Forums

"$25 (pro) means one time pay only and then you get it for as long as you live!" Actually, that only gives you a year subscription to every thing membership has to offer. You have to re-subscribe after a year.

State of the Multiplayer Union in Misc Games JoeUser Forums

At this very moment, thousands upon thousands of players are waging war across hundreds of maps in order to achieve the ultimate goal: a high kill count and a low death count. There are numerous games players can choose from that will a

Dull Gameplay in MMORPGs :: What's to Blame? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

MMORPG's have been the "hot thing" for the last few years. With games like Everquest, Asheron's Call, Dark Age of Camelot and the one that started the MMO* craze: Ultima Online. These are the "old" generation of MMORPG's though. The latest crop's "big name" MMORPGs consists of Final Fantasy XI, Star Wars Galaxies and Ragnarok Online (these are the "main three" of the current crop, in my mind). However, in many minds, my own included, these games lack t

Reply to Call of Duty in Action JoeUser Forums

I'm not quite sure whether you're being sarcastic, or not. However, I did read the blog entry you pointed me to, and it was very interesting. I'm a major history buff (though my ignorance will show me up until the day I die) and would be interested in reading your novel in its entirety; what's it called?

Call of Duty in Action JoeUser Forums

So, yeah, I started playing Call of Duty at about noon yesterday; and go to the point that I stopped playing at the last time I tried to play a few months ago (I didn't get that far, but I lost my save game shortly there-after, and got pissed off). Once I got to the level I quit on the last time I played through, I realized I should really attenda t least ONE of my classes for the day, so I went to Math. Once I got home, I played Call of Duty from about 5pm-midnight. Without stoppin so mu

The Sound of Silence in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Silent Storm is the world's spiritual successor to the Fallout series; I mean, c'mon, let's face facts: Fallout Tactics was a horrible excuse for a sequel. I mean, sure, it had Fallout's trademark combat, but, somehow, it made the combat engine *less* detailed then either Fallout 1 or Fallout 2. Silent Storm, on the other hand, has a combat system with so much depth that it will make your brain explode (it has the Fallout-style AP system too!). The only thing keeping Silent Storm from bei

WindowBlinds - A Review in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Every now and then, we all get really tired of the standard Windows Classic and, for the XP users, Luna themes that come packed-in with Windows. Sure, you can customize the colors of the classic theme, and choose from three stock Luna colors. And if you work on your computer as much as I do, these themes, while designed to withstand the test of time, get old. They get old really fast. And, chances are, if you find a really nifty wallpaper, one of these four stock themes will completely clash wit

Prototype Factories or Factory Prototypes? in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Was just doing some work on the new "engine," and had the software-engineering bible, Design Patterns, out. To make a short story even shorter, I realized that my engine needed to support a few core C++ "extensions" (not talking STL shit here, kids), such as templates for factories and singletons. The whole singleton thing is pretty self-explanatory; if you dont' know what one is, you need to be shot... Either that, or you just need to learn more. Anyway, what I was just realizing tha

Top-Ten Most Useful Programs in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I like this whole top-ten thing. Time for another. Unlike the last list, though, these are actually real suggestions. I will, however, be omitting the blatently obvious programs (Outlook, Word, Visual Studio, WinRAR, etc.) WindowBlinds - Maybe not entirely practical, it is the single best desktop skinning software around. metapad - Fuck notepad, metapad is wher

Top-Ten Reasons to Mod Your Desktop in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

In spite of the recent girl troubles, I was granted the mysterious powers of creativity, and thus, have created a badly-organized, not well thought-out, and... well... yeah, read it anyway. Or I'll send syntacs after you. And you should fear him, and his supreme misspelling of "syntax." Girls dig guys that mod their desktops. We all know that Windows machines like their desktops to be spiffy, original, thought-provoking, complex, and overly-functional. And a happy Windows