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#259550
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259550/action/topic#259550
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By the way my Wii arrived Pre-orders are getting the consoles before the official december 12th release here.

It does, but it merely emits two pulses of infrared lights at each end of the bar. The wiimote reads those infrared pulses and thus calculate it's position on the X-Y-Z axis. It then sends that information back to the console. So the candles, that emit an invisible infrared light pretty much like remote controllers, can be used if placed on a correct distance from one another. You could also use two remote controllers, but you gotta make sure some button from both controllers is being kept pressed, so infrared light is emitted from it.
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#259427
Topic
Music
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259427/action/topic#259427
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Today at work I've listened to the Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here album around 4 or 5 times... Since my ear phone broke and the only one I currently own is the one that only works with my pocket pc, I had to get the CD, rip it off as mp3, and copy it through the USB into the ppc, and listen to it there. Since it took too long, I decided to just listen to that the whole day. Tomorrow's probably The Wall - CD 1.
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#258915
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The Persecution Season is Heating Up
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258915/action/topic#258915
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Yes, there are. While at the United States I'd be considered a extremist liberal, over here I'm a mid-conservative.

But regarding this specific subject, not really. Even though the massive majority is catholic (I would say something like 95% of the population, with something like 3% jewish and 2% from other religions), something like that over here would be absolutely unthinkable. People from other religions even reference the holidays as christmas, and integrated their own religious beliefs on this particular celebration, such as having a party or something. If you take a look at Japan, you'll see that something similar takes place: while december 25th is not even a holiday, people exchange gifts and give out christmas parties.

Kinda like Bart Simpson once said "Christmas is that time of the year in which all other religions gather up to praise Jesus Christ." (don't remember the exact quote).
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#258895
Topic
The Persecution Season is Heating Up
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258895/action/topic#258895
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First of all, this thing about Christmas being politically incorrect, that's something that came up recently. I don't remember anyone complaining about this some decades ago. And how can be doing something-xmas related offensive in ANY way? One thing is promoting a movie that talks about xmas or doing some xmas based decoration, but we are not forcing jews and musslins to praise Jesus Christ!

I live in a country in which just the mere concept of forbidding something xmas related just due to the fact it's a christian celebration is a concept absolutely foreign and insane, so I can only laugh at this.
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#258696
Topic
Has technology accelerated that much?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258696/action/topic#258696
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Originally posted by: Darth_Evil
It is definately amazing how far technology has advanced in the last 20 years. Hell, in the last 10 years its amazing. In 1996, DVD was not big at all. VHS was the video format, but 10 years later, VHS is completely dead. DVD is at its peak and hi-def is coming onto the field. It's amazing the video quality we see nowadays. If I went back 10 years ago and showed someone a DVD, they'd probably think they were high or something. But the most shocking thing would be that we would be acheiving it in 10 years.


The rise of the DVD format was quite a fenomenon, if you think about it. Now, VHS took a little bit longer to pick up, and there was no other format to replace - there was beta, but that was running along with VHS on the videotape market. Now, I remember back in the late 90s how the DVD section of video stores were kinda like the "porn section", it was a little stand on the corner of the store, hidden, and I remember STARES from customers when I picked up a copy of "Enter the Dragon" on DVD. I mean, VHS was THE format back then, and it didn't seem it was going to fade so quickly, there were so many movies on VHS... And now, 2006, movies are not released on VHS anymore, the format is absolutely dead (except for taping TV shows, so I still have a VCR) - but when TIVO gets a little bit more popular around here, it will be formally deceased... Although I still can find vinyl long play records today...
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#258694
Topic
The Most Needlessly Melodramticly-titled Thread Ever
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258694/action/topic#258694
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First of all, Warbler, you have no idea how happy I was when I've looked into the off topic section and saw that you've posted something. I miss all the old posters, you included. Damn it I would even put up with J**** (the one whose name could not be mentioned again) just for the sakes of old times...

As for myself, I simply don't know what happened, and why. Too many trolls and a lack of eficiency from the mods? I doubt it, I've seen forums in which trolls run amock (local nintendo forum) and forums with mods so uptight and with strict rules you could scream (the Pink Floyd official forum). WE are the ones who make the forum what it is, and it has always been such a close, few numbered community here...

Also, regarding Jay assigning more people to be mods without consulting anyone else, or going over someone's head or something... Now, I gotta admit I was never a big poster on the preservation forum, except for a few projects I was interested on (Dr Gonzo for instance), mostly due to my lack of technical knowledge. But is that such a big deal, that Jay assigned two other people to be mods to assist him on that specific section of the website? Was it jelousy for not being picked to be a mod? I certanly expect some maturity from the members of this forum, so I hope this is not the case.

I've seen it happen before. I was the op and founder of the first #anime IRC channel in a local server, and when I started giving op's to some frequent chatters who I trusted most, things started to go sour. I eventually gave the irc room to the people who wanted it the most - it was just bits and bytes, nothing more.

So my point is: COME ON PEOPLE! Such a big deal over other websites and forums, over trolls, over all those issues... Who cares??? I certanly don't. I'll keep posting here 'till Jay stops paying for the bandiwth, and I don't care what you guys feel or think about it. And to the old posters out there: I am pretty sure you guys are all welcome to return. You too Warbler. Please post again.