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Post: #85582
Topic: HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85582/action/topic#85582
Time: 11-Jan-2005 9:39 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
I thought I heard they made a "dumb down" adaptor that allows HD-DVD players to play through standard TVs. Kinda defeats the purpose, but still and all the same.

Toshiba has also developed a dual-layer disk that uses both DVD and HD-DVD.

So you could buy 1 disk, and it would play at either HD or standard viewing.

Post: #85577
Topic: Familiar Sight in Space
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85577/action/topic#85577
Time: 11-Jan-2005 7:53 AM

That is a ton better.
...
The similarities are amazing.

When I first saw the first image on that site Davdar posted, I didn't think of the trench run.
I thought of the scene where the Falcon is being tractored in. In fact, I'm tempted to rebuild the scene from that image using some 3D rendering software.

Post: #85572
Topic: I want everyone to look at this.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85572/action/topic#85572
Time: 11-Jan-2005 7:23 AM

Maybe a year or 2 ago, I took one of those Tickle.com IQ tests. My score was 133, and it labelled me a visual mathematician.

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You people are now legally insane.

I personally do not consider myself so, only because I know how to fool the doctors.

Post: #85570
Topic: Familiar Sight in Space
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85570/action/topic#85570
Time: 11-Jan-2005 7:19 AM

Actually, what's freaky about your little mock dialog, Bossk, is the fact that now 2 moons have that weird superlaser look to them.

Saturn Moon Mimas

Look at 2 of the images side-by-side:

The Mimas crater has been known for almost 20 years. I've got pictures of it in a mid-80s BanthaTracks newsletter.

Post: #85412
Topic: Classic Games
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85412/action/topic#85412
Time: 10-Jan-2005 12:25 PM

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Originally posted by: TheSessler
I've always wanted to do something like setting up a rom arcade cabinet.

I have too.

I've got an extremely old Star Wars arcade rom. Its so old, that its unplayable on anything better than a 286.

Luckily, I've got an old 8088 sitting and a CGA monitor sitting in the basement.
I've got an old gamport expansion card, and I need to find a decent joystick (a flight yoke if I can) to work with it.

Post: #85402
Topic: Did anyone else find Ian McDiarmid to be ineffectual as the Emperor?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85402/action/topic#85402
Time: 10-Jan-2005 12:13 PM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
OK so maybe during all these years Vader should have trained, instead of just getting fat. So when Obi-Wan and Luke came, he would chopp their heads off with just one move.

If you read the novelization of Shadows of the Empire (might be in the comics as well), there is a scene where Vader duels with a highly-modified ASP droid.
I recall this partly because they explain that Vader is testing his shoulder after the lightsaber hit he took from Luke at Bespin. Something about it still feeling sore, but that its much better than it was.

(Also, if you check the Essential Guide to Droids, it also mentions that Vader had a number of modified dueling droids...I don't recall the name of the droid model. He had several, but decided to start getting modified ASP droids instead. The dueling droids were expensive, and he was cutting through them too well.)

Post: #85147
Topic: Ship of Riddles website - in-depth analysis of the Millennium Falcon and its layout
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/85147/action/topic#85147
Time: 10-Jan-2005 7:32 AM

What was the site address? It might be over at the Internet Archive.

Post: #83933
Topic: If you like this, then you'll like this...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83933/action/topic#83933
Time: 7-Jan-2005 8:34 AM

I've never had any unexpected, off-the-wall recomendations.

I did, however, make the mistake of ordering some books for my mom (to use at an elementary school), and every so often, Amazon wants to recommend other books.

Post: #83930
Topic: I want everyone to look at this.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83930/action/topic#83930
Time: 7-Jan-2005 8:29 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
As much as I dislike Bush, there are two things he is attempting to get done right now that I support... partial privatization of retirement funds and the restructuring of how medical malpractice lawsuits are handled. I sincerely hope he does push these through.

What about the idea of the simplified tax code he's brought up a couple times??

Post: #83926
Topic: DVD Packaging
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83926/action/topic#83926
Time: 7-Jan-2005 7:38 AM

Less expense on packaging = increased per unit profit

Post: #83924
Topic: Would KoToR work as a movie?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83924/action/topic#83924
Time: 7-Jan-2005 7:35 AM

I think you both said the key reason why it might not work:
Choices.

However, its not stopped tons of people (on Bioware forums) from giving ideas for who would act in the film. The one that always comes up:
Ron Perlman as Canderous.

Post: #83263
Topic: Riddles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83263/action/topic#83263
Time: 4-Jan-2005 1:45 PM

I think I remember how that Wolf/Rabbit/Carrot thing works, but since Bossk seems to be having such a good time, I'll not say anything.

If you're only doing 1 at a time, I apologize, but I have one for the rest of use while Bossk is working on rics.

You have 9 dots, arranged in a 3x3 grid, looking something like this (draw one out for yourself):

. . .
. . .
. . .

Now, using only 4 straight lines and without picking up pencil, put a line through all 9 dots.

Post: #83256
Topic: It isnt so bad...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83256/action/topic#83256
Time: 4-Jan-2005 12:41 PM

You know what we need to really get our point across...

enough money for a Super Bowl commercial. There's enough skilled people her to make a decent TV commercial...all that would be needed then is the money to air it, and there is no bigger venue for a US commercial than the Super Bowl.

Post: #83151
Topic: 'Anatomy of a Dewback' videos
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83151/action/topic#83151
Time: 3-Jan-2005 1:28 PM

I don't know if this will work, but I may have a solution for you on downloading it.

Find and download the trial version of a program called Offline Explorer (might be Offline Explorer Pro). The program is designed to download whole websites at a time, but it also let's you download streaming files.

Now, I don't know if it will work with Quicktime, or with the sw.com servers.
What I do know, is that I've been able to download Real Player streaming files off the packers.com site, including a radio call of Super Bowl XXXI, which they played during the Packers bye-week this year.
(I need to grab the NFL footage from the game I was at in Dec. 2001.)

Anyways, once you have the software, get the URL for the Quicktime video you want, plug it into the software, and start it downloading. Again, I emphasize that I don't know if it will work, but it is worth a shot.

Post: #83129
Topic: Christmas (Holiday) Gifts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83129/action/topic#83129
Time: 3-Jan-2005 7:12 AM

Yes, it does have that song.
Instead of the Knights voluntarily splitting up for the search after the French taunting, like in the movie, the Knights run away and are scattered.

Arthur and Patsy find the Knights who say Ni, get their quest and Arthur gets depressed about finding a Shrubbery. Patsy then sings the song.

Yes, that scene is in the play. In fact, the whole Herbert thing is quite integral, as we learn that Lancelot is, as part of the song said, "Batting for the other team."

Post: #83061
Topic: Christmas (Holiday) Gifts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83061/action/topic#83061
Time: 2-Jan-2005 10:06 AM

Very good. The plot of the movie was altered somewhat, but not a great deal.

The only fault I found with it, was that (at times) the lines were given to quickly.

Ex. Recall the movie, and the scene with the villagers and wanting to burn the "witch". The idiot villagers (Idle, Cleese and Palin) had to pause to think when answering Bedivere's questions.
In this show, those pauses seemed not long enough, or non-existent.

The surprise of the night, however, was when "god" appeared to give the Knights their quest.
In the movie, god was a Gilliam-animation. In the show, its just a massive set of feet that come down from above, then later they blast off (literally, like god had rocket-powered feet).
The big surprise was the voice of god.

John Cleese.

The songs were very good, and included 1 of Eric Idle's mainstays...Bright Side of Life (from Life of Brian).

Post: #83052
Topic: Christmas (Holiday) Gifts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83052/action/topic#83052
Time: 2-Jan-2005 7:21 AM

Nothing worth mentioning, except:

I saw

in Chicago on New Years Eve.

Last row of the balcony.

Post: #83051
Topic: Enterprise
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/83051/action/topic#83051
Time: 2-Jan-2005 7:12 AM

Favorite Episodes:
Best of Both Worlds 1 and 2
Trials and Tribblations
Scorpion 1 and 2 (the season that gave us Jeri Ryan)

Added: Oh, and I'm happy to report that the Monter Thickburger from Hardees tastes just great and I survived the encounter. I had one for lunch on the 29th, and I was full enough that I just snacked at dinner.

Post: #82658
Topic: Classic Games
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82658/action/topic#82658
Time: 27-Dec-2004 2:03 PM

1985 sounds right. My first exposure to the thing was about 1988-1989. I remember being at a friends house and playing on the thing so much it overheated and stopped functioning.

Post: #82643
Topic: Asian earth quake and Tidal Wave.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82643/action/topic#82643
Time: 27-Dec-2004 10:34 AM

The scariest part about this, to me at least...

When was the last time the San Andreas let off some tectonic stress? Scientists think that California is due to get hit really bad.
Granted its not a tsunami, but with all the millions of people living there...a quake of equal, or even somewhat lower magnitude is going to do a lot of damage.

Post: #82639
Topic: Asian earth quake and Tidal Wave.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82639/action/topic#82639
Time: 27-Dec-2004 7:14 AM

I don't know what new agencies you guys are getting your info from. Fox News and ABC radio have been reporting upwards of 22,000 dead all day.

The tsunami traveled an estimated 500 mph underwater, and was so far reaching that it hit and killed people in Africa.

The island of Sumatra has moved an estimated 100 ft (or 100 yards, I've heard both figures) from where it was before the quake.

My sister is freaked because she had a friend from college that went back to India for the winter break. She's emailed him, but not heard back yet.

Post: #82638
Topic: Discussion: Your most prized star wars collectible
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82638/action/topic#82638
Time: 27-Dec-2004 7:06 AM

If you still know the URL, the Internet Archive might be able to find it.

Post: #82571
Topic: Discussion: Your most prized star wars collectible
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82571/action/topic#82571
Time: 26-Dec-2004 8:11 AM

I may have a new favorite...
Its another poster, but my problem is that I have no idea if its a re-issue or not.

Would a re-issue poster have a more current copyright date than 1979 (or at least, more than one copyright date)??

Post: #82568
Topic: Desktop Screenshots
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82568/action/topic#82568
Time: 26-Dec-2004 7:30 AM

I'll post a screenshot later, but I wanted to say I was seriously thinking about buying one of those a couple months ago Sessler.

A 1983 DMC-12 was sitting on a lot (a Delorean lot...owned by a relative of the designer) here in Cleveland.

It may still be there, but I haven't see it for a while, and I no longer have the money for it (assuming I would have had enough in the first place).

Post: #82567
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/82567/action/topic#82567
Time: 26-Dec-2004 7:25 AM

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Originally posted by: Count Dushku
PACKERS BEAT VIKINGS!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS, MINNESOTA!!!!

...and here i live 15 minutes from downtown minneapolis...

Don't worry, we won't hold that against you.

Yes, Green Bay wins to lock up their 3rd straight NFC North title. On Dec. 13, I said it would happen.