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#157284
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157284/action/topic#157284
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
it was bound to happen...
wanna know how many our Future Shop location had?

20!!
thats it!!
we had over 100 preorders and only 20 Xbox's...


there in lies my point. you get 20 in but you presell 100? The whole reason for buying a preorder is so you are guaranteed yours on opening day. I remember how I used to pre order games so that I didnt have to worry about being the first one in the store and I could just wait till after school when my mom was able to take me to the store because I had my preorder ticket and I new a copy would be waiting for me. Now its be the first one to preorder it to guarantee that you get one. defeats the whole purpose of preorders.

plus, the only reason they probably dont get in trouble for it (in terms of selling things you dont have) is because they fill the preorders first as they come in. But like this people didnt find out that their preorder was totally useless until it was too late to do anything about it so their only hope was that they could get it at a store that wasnt doing preorders or they had to wait until the next shipments.

If you're gonna do preorders when you're only getting 20 in then you limit it to 20. I think microsoft (or whatever company) should have to guarentee each store an X number (no pun intended) of systems (product). so they know how many preorders they can accept. though i think someone did say that Microsoft discouraged stores to presell the system. In that case, if you're still gonna presell the system then you should try to more accuratly predict how many you got in and error on the side of caution. in the above case if you say presold 25 then only 25 people are dissapointed not the 80 that are currently. If you were more conservative and went with say 15 presells you now have 5 happy customers that were waiting in line. and be smart about it. Its not like the systems came in while people were standing outside (in the cold) in front of your store. they've been there for at least a week. When i worked at Toys R Us we had the episode I figures\merchandise in our back storeroom for about a month before we were allowed to sell them. so you see there are thirty people waiting, you know you only have 5 to sell (or non to sell) tell the people so they can go home, or go to a new store. how does it help you or them to wait. not like they are gonna only buy it from you're store so its not like you're saving the sale for yourself by not telling them until midnight when they enter the store that you dont have a system for them. (also, limit 1 per customer, dont know if this was done or not, but it def should be in situations like this)

-Darth Simon
Post
#157222
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157222/action/topic#157222
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I dont necessarily disagree with preorders. I actually like them, i like to know that if i really want it I can guarentee that I get one on the first day. But the problem is when they ship the initial shipment and the quantities are well under the demand. It doesnt really make any sense and im not sure who to blame. Its partially Microsofts fault (in this case, or the manufacturer in general) I mean, i realize sometimes they actual underestimate demand, but to tell me microsoft didnt know that demand for the 360 would be this high is utter garbage, they new yet they didnt up their production, or have a later release so they could fill more orders.

but its also the stores fault. I dont know when they find out how many of the item they are getting, but they should either wait to take preorders until they know or at least limit the # of preorders to a smaller number so people dont find out the day of, day before, or even a few weeks before that they wont be getting the item they preordered 3 months ago and its now too late to go preorder one from another store.

either way its pretty shitty, and i dont see what possible benifit the companies can get by making people not able to get their product

-Darth Simon
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#157194
Topic
"You don't know the power of the dark side! I must obey my master"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157194/action/topic#157194
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Originally posted by: Wesyeed
So I conclude that Vader, in some way, was warning his son about his master and what he can do to him, both mentally and physically, as it was done to him at his age.


that made me think of something. Vader/Anakin doesnt help his son until he sees Palpatine using the Lightning on him. Think maybe he realized that way back in the day when he was turned to the dark side, that maybe he didnt need to jump in to help out palpatine by cutting off mace's hands, think maybe it was just then he realized he was duped into 'rescuing' palpatine, who really didnt need to be rescued. hence why he decided to stop palpatine from zapping his son and toss him down the shaft.

just a thought.

-Darth Simon

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#155953
Topic
Visual Basic Programming
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155953/action/topic#155953
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while im sure what dpk5e7 is saying answers the question (i havent used those commands myself), and is probably a very simple way to do it, ill offer what was my first thought when i read the question anyway.

it should be pretty easy to exec an external command, all you need to do is exec shutdown, using the command shutdown -s

if you type shutdown or shutdown ? in a command prompt it will give you all the switches you can use with it. for example you can set a delay (believe the default is like 30 seconds if you just do -s, you can also have it reboot -r or, my favorite, you can remotely shutdown a computer on the network using -m \\computername (good times unfortunatly the message says where the command came from, but still can be fun )

-Darth Simon
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#155409
Topic
<strong>The Jedi/Feta Definitive Collection</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155409/action/topic#155409
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Originally posted by: gltaylor74
Awesome! I really like the reference to Laserman.


if this hasnt gone into 'production' yet, there is a grammatical error on the second to last line. It currently reads

we all hope will he makes a speedy...

think you were going for 'we all hope he will make a speedy...'

just wanted to point that out so a great project doesnt have an easily fixable error on it.

-Darth Simon
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#155335
Topic
What the Hell is Going on in France?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155335/action/topic#155335
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Originally posted by: Warbler

Talk to me when you've lost a job to someone in order to fulfill a quota (even though you're more qualified)


a black person's response would be: have you ever lost a job because someone did not like your skin color?

I gone back and forth on this issue. Both sides have good points. I am not sure which is right.


I read this yesterday and took issue with it, but while rereading i couldnt believe someone would use that to support affirmitive action.

1) affirmitive action is supposed to promote equality of race/background by drawing attention to that aspect. How is that a positive, for equality race needs to be ignored completely. Have applications all not have a race check box (or even a name that can be used to infer race) and that would make it more equal.

2) its more than just 'black' people that are 'helped' by affirmitive action. its all minorities. also, this method of helping minorities actual hurts everyone else because they get passed up even though they are more qualified to fullfill a quota (like i think it was YIYF said). also I like the way you singled out the one 'minority group' (that term in and of its self is hurtful to the equality cause)

3) in direct response to you're comment, Id turn around to that person and say "Have you? are you absolutely sure that that was the reason and it wasnt because you werent qualified or there was someone else more qualified"

Watch the movie "Crash" it makes some really good points, shows some good issues about the whole racial injustices/stereotypes.


1. The people who want them were never slaves to begin with.

no, but the slave themselves never got paid and we can still pay their living relatives

it would be akin to paying money to the slaves estates and then the relatives get the money via inheritence.


quite simply no, for reasons stated above its so not the same as getting an inheritence because a) you assume they would have saved it and had it to pass on b) the retribution game gets dangerous because im sure you can find reasons that everyone should be paid some retribution for some past injustice (ie the irish as shown below)


2. The people who are supposed to pay them never owned slaves.


yes but an entity that is responsible for slavery is still around: The U.S. Government. It would not be individual people paying the reparations, but the entire country as whole.


the country paying it includes the people getting paid the retributions. and last time I checked the slave era U.S. Government is not still around and that is who is responsible for slavery. Its not the goverment, but the people in charge of the government (you may say that is the same, but its not really) and the ones that elected them were the ones responsible. what does that translate two. its the slave owners who were responsible.


Finally remember, had reparations been paid out when they should have been(when the slaves and slave owners were still alive), a lot of white people would have alot less money because their slave owning forefathers would have had alot less of it to pass on.


yeah, because im sure all the people that should have paid slaves a retribution actually would have. Im also sure that the amount decided on would be fair seeing as it would have been decided by (at least in part) by the people that supported slavery. Im sorry, but you're talking in a perfect world that once slavery ended everything became equal. Had something been done at that time I dont think the picture you paint of financial equality would have occured, because if things were that perfect then their wouldnt have been slavery at all.

Im not justifying any actions, just saying its now how many years later? 140. the fact that you're great grandparents were slaves is not holding you back in society. Sure people are racists, but other groups have fought against that and are doing fine. its the people of all races that fit/cause the (negative) stereotypes about their race that are the problem, they need to stop riding on the curtails of "oh, im so oppressed. i cant get ahead on my own. i need to be carried to a better place" plenty of people of all races have in fact risen above their 'bad' situation so it is possible.

-Darth Simon
Post
#152298
Topic
Ghostbusters 3
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152298/action/topic#152298
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Yup, he ( Harold Ramis, Dr. Egon Spengler) comments on the plot and some casting choices, including Chris Farley and Ben Stiller are mentioned and the plot was Ghostbusters Go to Hell. Like Jay said, it really did have a good plot. It figures that the one series that they could rekindle that has a good story to go with it would be the one that is never gonna happen yet Rocky 6 and Rambo 4 seem to be possibilities

oh well, I just thought the article was interesting and that people would enjoy it here, also it has that Lucas comment.

-Darth Simon
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#152297
Topic
Comics Fans
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152297/action/topic#152297
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I was looking into that 40 Years of Amazing SpiderMan CD (doesnt look like they have a dvd version, only 11 cds ) anyway, I also saw a 44 Years of Fantastic 4 (Amazon says cd but it seems to actually be dvd) and coming soon (this month some time) is 40 Years of X-Men. I think im gonna pick these up, but was wondering if there are any other ones people know of. They look to be done by Topis Entertainment, except the Fantastic 4 one which is listed as being done by marvel.

anyway, if people know more about these, and if there are any others information would be greatly appreciated. Id love to find ones for Captain America, Wolverine, Hulk, Batman, Superman (dont know if DC has these)

thanks,

-Darth Simon
Post
#151707
Topic
Your favorite Hollywood excuse for 2005's crappy box office returns
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151707/action/topic#151707
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab

4)Nobody knows who Ra's al Ghul is!


I do. at least I know of him. He was in some of the cartoons, so I dont know how true to the comic his character was in the movie vs the comic or in the cartoon vs the comic. But i do know that my knowledge of him made me know what was up (basically) I actually was afraid they dramatically changed his character at first and had him on the wrong side of the fight.


Do agree with most of the reasons stated previously in the thread though. As far as piracy, I think that for the most part if someone would buy it, they still will even with access to the bootlegs. Ive found this in music and movies. I know many people that even though they could get the stuff for free still buy the cds and plenty of people that dont. If your a real movie buff you'll generally buy the actual dvd. I buy dvds, i dont buy cds (as a general thing) Not to say i dont like music, but even before mp3s (or at least i found out about them) i didnt buy music. In truth i didnt buy vhs tapes. but i buy dvds. do i download some titles? yes, but ill end up getting the actual dvd when its released or i have the money for it.

-Darth Simon
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#151580
Topic
THE ALL NEW PSYCHO REVIEW HAS MOVED
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151580/action/topic#151580
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DAYV, question for you (or anyone else that knows)

so i went to pick up the Batman Begins dvd this weekend and wanted to get the 2 disc set but the first two stores i went to didnt have it. I ended up getting it at costco for cheaper than it would have been online so its all good. but when i asked the guy at best buy if they had it he said it was discontinued. now correct me if im wrong, but this came out on the 18th, so its been out all of like 2 weeks. Is this just some employee not knowing what he's talking about or did they really discontinue a dvd thats only been out for half a month, and would (in that case) need to be canceled the day it was released for shipments to not go out so its not in stores 2 weeks later?

btw, I thought the movie was great. I hadnt seen it yet, so missed it at the theaters unfortunatly, but i did watch it on my Uncle's 52" widescreen tv with surround sound, so it was a good presentation.

-Darth Simon
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#151169
Topic
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151169/action/topic#151169
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ADigitalMan, that last shot you refer to (as well as the third one down in that post) is from The Legend of Billie Jean. A movie I enjoy, and have a DVD transfer of, but unfortunatly it gets some CRC (?) read errors about half way through and I cant find anyone that has a copy of it, and the E-Bay seller i got it from (i know, but it was fairly cheap and couldnt find it on any torrent sites) never responded to my requests to get a new copy cause of the error...I should have reported him.... oh well


-Darth Simon
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#151096
Topic
Comics Fans
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151096/action/topic#151096
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I think Commander Courage is refering to on online database that has all the information on the comic and you can keep track of what you have. DVD Profiler is also like this where you can add dvds to you collection (or wish list) by title or even the upc code. It keeps track of all the information on the dvd (disc art, features, aspect ratio etc) and lets you insert where and for how much you got it as well as other personalized information.

you can see my dvd profiler page here and there is a user interface that you install on you're desktop to update the information. That list is from when you upload you're collection.

though, this 40 years of spiderman disc sounds interesting. do you have information on where to get it?

-Darth Simon
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#151043
Topic
Does anyone know how to convert a Region 1 disc into Region 2?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151043/action/topic#151043
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that i cant help you out... i think there is some information in the technical information thread here, but you're best bet is probably doom9.org or videohelp.com. Im pretty sure this is a far more involved process that involves changing the framerate and stuff...think there is some 'quick & easy' programs to do it, but dont know of their quality and wouldnt be able to point you there. You're best (easiest) bet here would be to buy a cheap dvd player that plays PAL and NTSC (this would probably also be hackable to region free eliminating your need to run it through dvd shrink)

-Darth Simon

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#151037
Topic
Does anyone know how to convert a Region 1 disc into Region 2?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151037/action/topic#151037
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Mr. Bungle, thats for converting the player to a different region. Usually in that case you can 'hack' the player to make it a region free player.


HotRod, you can do what you're asking with DVDShrink. Im not sure on the exact layout of the interface for it, but it should have a checkbox option that is labeled 'remove region encoding' or something like that (thats what i remember seeing). You may be able to set it to a specific region but whats the point of that really? If you remove the region encoding it wont matter what region the player is it will still play, the only issue then would be PAL vs NTSC.

-Darth Simon