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999cop

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  1. dying from having sex is better than going broke That's way of life you know in Greece
  2. Rumor or not, shouldn't come as surprising hearing this if the sales numbers don't make right. Indefinitely is just another way of saying Carmack's old saying, "it's done when it's done", which could be 5 years or longer. id should feel lucky themselves remaining as a LLC, no obligations and whatnot to analysts or financial releases to the public. It's time for id to learn a thing or two about business. Take heed and understand why franchises like COD are so successful. It amuses me that id has actually survived for this long by generating most of their revenue from licensing engine technology. I doubt it can keep up the business this way though unless it commits to renovate itself fast.
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    Quake I vs Quake II

    Quake 2; and for god's sake, hyperblaster has much better accuracy than plasma rifle, not even close at all.
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    Netflix

    lol, speaking of stocks, Nov 90 put is up 1200% today and it was only 0.80 per contract yesterday. What a soar!
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    Which game has the biggest community?

    How could you ever leave out GTA series? especially GTA:SA
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    Wraith Head Sculpt

    At first, I thought it was Baron of Hell.
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    Doom 4 should have...

    Doom 4 will need to have the Siri technology so we can talk to the NPC in game. That'd be pretty badass
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    RAGE is apparently a very solid game!

    Rage seems like a very solid game to me, without playing it myself, simply by watching the walkthrough videos on youtube. Quite comparable to Grand Theft Auto, except that it's a FPS. I approve :)
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    RAGE is apparently a very solid game!

    not sure about the whole truth behind the facts, but afaik Zenimax came into the picture in late development of Rage and Carmack has been working on the game since 2004.
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    Finally: Doom Is Legal in Germany Now

    Germany doesnt want to bring back up the whole Nazi schema cuz' its generally labeled as a bad piece of their history and they wanna protect for their image, just like how the Japanese doesnt wanna admit their wrongdoings back in WW2 :p well, f*** that, f***ing posers
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    Finally: Doom Is Legal in Germany Now

    17 years? German people sure are slow on their thinking, and there's time value in every product, even it's a really great one. I'd be surprised if Doom goes big in Germany in this time of age....unless German people have never played FPS games EVER before, which I doubt. So obviously, there was no good reason to hold grudge against Doom all these years.
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    Doom II is actually pretty great :-)

    How come no one mentioned about E4 at all throughout the whole thread? Ultimate Doom is awesome for its level design and packed with actions, imo.
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    lol exactly 2009 was the easiest year to make money thanks to Big Ben and the people that sold me the shares so dirt cheap
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    Actions speak louder than words, and its not about whether its wall street or not, it is whats actively being traded and gold is very much wanted. As a matter of fact, the rising demand for gold is a no-brainer prediction since Jan 2009 when QE1 was poured into the market. Maybe if you're just an ordinary individual making less than 100k a year then maybe you can care less that the dynamic of portfolio is limited. But diversification is absolutely crucial for managing portfolios with 250k or so.
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    Gold is not only a precedent in the past but is also wanted in this age of time, just ask any hedge fund managers on wall street I don't see that happening when you use gold to hedge against a cash bubble which is way bigger at least gold is globally acceptable, you save up gold for until 1)USD gets replaced by another newly approved currency issued by the Fed 2)exchange for a foreign currency for higher values. Your egg would only come as closely valuable as gold if and only if that is the only egg left in the world and i don't see how that is true.
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    depends on how you define a train wreck This is an opportunity for sure ahead of QE3 You buy on QE3 -> market rallies 6 ~ 18 months later when QE3 is used up <history repeats itself just like what you're seeing now this week> Another buying opportunity on QE4 You buy on QE4 -> market rallies once again Another 6 ~ 18 months QE4 runs out <history keeps repeating itself> on, and on, and on, etc... Until you roll into hyperinflation and eventually the US govt will have to replace what is now still known as the US dollar Good luck, America
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    Yes, I should've made myself clear on that one that I did not mean that Japan or China are debtless. My point is that Yen and Yuan are safe haven currencies to buy against the continually devaluing dollars and euros. Yen is just always a popular pick on the other side of USD in the basket. If you prefer holding something for longer term and less volatile, the better is to put money in southeast asian currencies like Singapore and Malaysia dollars. Note: Japan's debt wont have much effect on the decision of buying Yen at this point. You're simply buying Yen on the weakness of USD, of which the effect is obviously currently in work.
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    as long as they are physical assets, doesnt matter if its gold or rare metals, its still all good. The strategy of investing in it is to diversify. No one really invests 100% in gold/rare metals for their portfolios that those lack of liquidity. Rare metals can be used for industrial purposes, whereas gold is purely safe haven trade for hedging against hyperinflation. It's always as important to have tons of cash to make yourself liquid, put your money in debt-less foreign currencies like Yuan, Yen, and Swiss Franc are your best choices to hedge against the continuous decline of USD and Euro
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    mexican workers would gladly take over all your jobs for low rates, just grant them with legal work authorization and possibly US citizenship
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    I doubt that is true and there are more uses for land resources than just growing crops. With so many open spaces, energy is always high in demand for commuting. There is so little for American consumers to cut back on. You have the civil engineers, city planners, and city developers to blame.
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    Quakecon 2011

    Thanks for the info, I'm interested and I'm a regular Quakelive player Quake 3 rulez :) my fav game next to Doom
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    holy moly! tons of essays written on here and i dont think i wanna go through all of them But its worth to mark as dow has lost 500 points on a single day today, havent seen things going this wild in a long while but whatever, it was expected, saw that coming since the due date of QE2 was out The next billion dollar question is, what should the Fed do next? QE3? raise interest rates? raise taxes? force job placement? lots of stuff to ponder on... All above it will hit everyone no matter what to choose, all choices are sorta experimental and theres no guarantee as to whether to work or not....but of all the above I think raising interest is the most viable way to cut the pain. Raise interest rate -> stronger dollar -> lower inflation -> stronger consumer purchasing power Now of course, the backdrop to this is increase in cost of investment and operation costs...but one thing to count on is that, most major corporates should have already stacked up enough cash to handle the rise of costs. Apple has more cash than enough to save the entire US. It's only a matter whether the corporate snakes are willing to stop being greedy and give up the high standard of living. The end-winners will be the ones who are holding the most gold, China and India have been very active in this area of investment for quite some time. Also, most profits, as in cash, are generated from Asia in the past few years. So what America should be doing is to produce what Chinese and Indian people WANT in order to generate more revenue. For instance, white people need to learn to accept doing dirt cheap jobs at lower rates if they want to stay employed. There's a huge demand in small businesses for replacement of mexican workers by tradition. Someone mentioned about "limited resources" before a page or two ago. Planting in your backyard is impossible for everyone, BUT planting somewhere in the US is absolutely doable. Only 300m population in US vs 1.6b population in China and 1b population in India, and India is only 1/4 of the size of US so do the math yourself. Lastly, produce what Chinese and Indian consumers want. Chinese and Indian people are known to show off, just like New Yorkers, so jack up their market with luxurious brands and affluent services. China is strong in demand for reliable and healthy food products, such as baby milk powder. stop blaiming on Obama, sitting still on unemployment paychecks, and start innovating and producing!
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    Debt ceiling fiasco

    No topic on this cuz this is getting OLD :P people already knew, or should've known, that this was coming since the day the US govt decided to print more money for the first stimulus fund
  24. 7 years on idtech5 development? everythings written from scratch? how many times going on and off?
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    ZDaemon turns 109 today

    wow, amen to Nightfang. regarding dew's comment, doesnt matter if zdaemon adopts a business model now, i'm a regular Quakelive player, and I can tell you that both zdaemon and quakelive suffer from the same issue regardless of adoption of revenue model: IT'S TOO LATE! biggest complaint with ql is that most people dont wanna pay for a game which they bought 10 years ago again. So if you want people to pay to play the old doom, good luck with that. game business is a tough nut to crack
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