xhonzi

Leonardo said:

xhonzi said:

Ah.... here it is:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Socks-or-Real-People/post/394435/

 

ahhh thanks Shonzie, it was apparently buried between the multitude of threads in off topic... good boy, have a ShonzieSnack.

as for you Frink... bad dog, no yummies for you! *points finger*

 

sorry folks I'll stop bow... I mean now.

Oh, come on!  That's the thread where I explain how to actually say it!

I almost ran into that fist of his, but I ducked.*

Bingowings said:

As quickly as it's taken down it pops up again someone should list it with an obscure enough name to hide from the boobtube cops.

This one is only in 360p.  :( 

Well, that sucked... I finished my popcorn and the lights haven't even gone down.

Ah.... here it is:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Socks-or-Real-People/post/394435/

I think it's where I explained the unsense of my username.

Yay, I can read this thread again.  It was messed up after post 191 or something for me.

I mean...

Yay, I can read this thread again.  It was messed up after post 191 or something for me.

I can't see that picture... maybe that is why.

So, the youtube clip has been taken down.  Did anybody download it?

First I've seen of this.

TV's Frink said:

I'm sure this will follow the usual pattern - all six together in one box set, followed by individual trilogy sets once sales taper off.

Has that happened before?  Or what 'usual pattern' are you touchstoning?

Yep... any minute now...

Nancy?

Uh-oh... sounds like Sluggo is having a bad day.

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

Frink-

Marge gives you a mission in a level where you play Bart in the Simpsons Hit 'n' Run game.  The mission is to blow-up a truck full of violent video games before they get into the hands of innocent kids.  This causes Marge to lament, "Why are games so violent?!?  Why aren't there more games about 'sharing'?"

I don't believe in Simpsons EU. :P

Fair enough... I don't believe in any Simpsons since Phantom Menace came out.

This is going to be good!

More squeaky chair.

Does he ride a dolphin, kick it to one side, and slide under a sea horse or a blue whale or something?

That would be awesome!

I have this one: http://www.mortgagecalculator.org/

But it doesn't tell you much about what happens when you pay more than your bill.

The mortgage company selling me the 15 year loan thinks that is my best option.  My current mortgage company thinks I should stay with them.

If train A is leaving station B...

So, I'm trying to do this math and it's hurting my head.  Maybe someone here will have some experience or some expertise and help me figure this out.

7 years ago, I started a 30 year mortgage for a $205k home.  We paid practically nothing down, so the mortgage was essentially for the whole kit and kaboodle.

At 5.75% (I think) this left us with 3600 payments of $1400ish to make.

7 years later, due to overpaying each month, we have 20% of the principal paid off (a little over $40k), which represents about the 15 year mark (give or take) of the mortgage.  Meaning, had we been paying the default payments, it would have taken us 15 years to get here.  We are currently paying $2200 a month (the $1400 + $800 on principal) hoping to have the thing paid off relatively soon.  I made what I think was a mistaken assumption- if we were able to get half way (15 years) into the loan in 7 years, by paying the same or even more each month we would close out the remaining half in about the same time.  Seeing how we still have the majority of our principal left to pay, and a ton of interest as well... I guess the 2nd half of the loan doesn't compress at the same rate as the first half of the loan since the interest is all subject to change based on paying early- but the principal never will.

Alright-

We can get a 15 year loan for the remainign 160k at 4.5%.  Strangely enough, the monthly payments don't really change.  If you look at it like this: There are 23 years left in our 30 year loan (which isn't really true) and there would be 15 years left in a new 15 year loan- then it totally makes sense. 

But here's the question... If I continue to pay $2200 a month on my old 30 year loan at 5.75%, how soon will I really have it paid off?  Conversely... if I pay $2200 a month on a new 15 year loan at 4.5%, how soon will I have that paid off?  The people offering the 15 year loan say it will have $7k in closing/refi costs- which seems high to me, but I don't do this very frequently.  Does the lower interest rate get cancelled out by $7k closing costs?  I believe thats the same question as "which loan, with the same payment, is paid off sooner?"

Thanks.

C3PX said:

xhonzi said:

maybe should have called this game AeroShock or something with their long-running *Shock name other than BioShock.

Ha, I also thought AeroShock would have been a good name for the game (as BioShock followed SystemShock). I guess at this point, they feel the need to play off of the "BioShock" name since it has become such a popular brand.

Yeah... but at this point (2 whole frinkin' years before release) lots of things can change.

I think it's funny that the plot (outside man hired to infiltrate the city to rescue a certain lady) is the one they started with and then abandoned for BioShock1.  I wonder if it will stick this time?

I went internet dark on Thursday night and didn't see the BioShock Infinite announcement until today.

I'm very interested in playing this game, but I am a little confused at calling it BioShock when it seems it will have little to no connection to the 2 Rapture based stories.  I do question how long they could have kept Rapture going... but they maybe should have called this game AeroShock or something with their long-running *Shock name other than BioShock.

Also, I'm wondering if this game will have a strong anti-Patriotism spin.  That will probably kill my interest in it.

I have that puppet head of Mark Hamill.  I use it all of the time when faking deleted scenes from Return of the Jedi*.