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jjtoutt

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    jjtoutt reacted to Osmium in US Government mistakenly sends student a $350k drone   
    That is the kind of thing that gets the government to make you "disappear".
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    jjtoutt reacted to Raboo in Driving Simulator   
    Euro Truck Sim 2 is a good driving sim 
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    jjtoutt reacted to Hazy125 in What do you think about what's going on in Kiev?   
    Kiev is delicious
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    jjtoutt reacted to CatCloud in Murican politicians on Snowden...   
    Lost count how many years i have said this but US is fuckt up, and bless Snowden for breaking the silence, wish there were more. Sorry Murican mates.
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    jjtoutt reacted to spwath in Experiences with non-techies   
    Well people refering to all androids as droids I mean. cause my android is not a droid. Moto X
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    jjtoutt reacted to dizmo in Did you know that Canada has its own NSA? Me neither!   
    I'm surprised that you're surprised, to be honest. Of course we do. Did you know we also have an FBI? And a CIA? And an SFOD-D?
    Britain has been watching its citizens for decades.
    Most Communist countries do.
    It's really not surprising.
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    jjtoutt reacted to Imabigmac in NSA Surveillance is now Legal   
    why canada is just another puppet controlled by the USA, we will soon follow have very similar legislation.
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    jjtoutt reacted to nickpc in When did you last use your cd rom drive   
    the title says it all 
    The last time I used mine was when I installed windows two years ago. 
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    jjtoutt reacted to DeViLzzz in China Lands on the Moon   
    Some still question if the Americans really did it .... 
     
    So if the Chinese get men on the moon it really may be the first country to do it.
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    jjtoutt reacted to EricX2 in Synthetic Food... Backed by Bill Gates?   
    My guess is the price of food is going to go up, not because of the 'synthetic' food but because of the cost of producing food will go up. If they can provide food that is synthetic but healthier than modern cheap food it could be better for us anyway. A lot of cheap food that is 'real' is so bad for us eating the packaging it comes in is healthier.
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    jjtoutt reacted to TechFan@ic in Synthetic Food... Backed by Bill Gates?   
    Genetically engineered food is of the devil, or so they say.
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    jjtoutt reacted to pcexplosion in Gun-Toting Robots May Fight Alongside Soldiers in Future Battles   
    For war now,then used on civilians like drones when there's martial law. 
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    jjtoutt reacted to qwertywarrior in Obama Administration preparing for Martial Law?   
    they always "prepare"
    but civil unrest in america is something like 1/1000000
     
    too many sheeple
    too many people watching jersey shore
     
    people are tooo divided in the US
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    jjtoutt reacted to Deus Ragno in Cool Ways to Start a Computer   
    Rube goldberg mechanism.
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    jjtoutt reacted to Hirad123 in SteamOS, SteamBox, aaaaand...what else?   
    They'll announce that EA is buying valve.
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    jjtoutt reacted to threadysparrow in The reason why video games are not as appreciated as "real" art   
    Read this and then reply with your thoughts because I would love to hear your thoughts about this. I am preparing an argument about video game recognition in our culture for a side project I am doing. I am an aspiring comedy writer. I am serious about this but I also don't want to sound like a dick so I threw in some of my humor (not too funny) in there as well.
     
    Look at how movies gain their recognition and validation compared to how video games gain their recognition and validation
     
    I believe that this may be one of the major reasons why video games do not get deserved praise for their artistry is because of how awards are given within the industry.
     
    Let's take a look at the Oscars. Actors and actresses show up looking nice, they walk by the press, and then they enter a very nice auditorium. Then someone like Billy Crystal comes on stage and makes a few half funny but appropriate jokes and everyone laughs half assedly. Then the orchestra is introduced and they play the most beautiful rendition of an old movie song that was the life's masterpiece of the original composer who spent 40 years preparing for that exact moment at the Oscars. Then he walks onstage with his walking cane escorted by some huge AAA star and talks about how he worked with Stanley Kubrick or someone super famous who died. And then while he remembers working with Frank Sinatra he starts crying a bit and the audience claps.
     
    After that, they have some more classy shit like in memoriam when they play some really uplifting but sad music. And then the best picture is announced and Ben Affleck gets up there huffing and puffing because of all the excitement about a movie he made involving some real middle east shit.
     
    Then look at the video game awards...
     
    They start out with either cheerleaders doing some stupid ass cheer or a comedian coming on stage in a t-shirt and jeans. Then they list all of their sponsors. Their sponsors are usually Red Bull, Monster Energy, Hardees, or some other stupid "manly" product. Speaking of manly, they usually put the video game awards on Spike TV. Spike TV is an embarrassment to real men. Spike TV is what happens when testosterone escapes from the body and creates a network.
     
    Then they have Samuel L Jackson get up there and start yelling out some of his movie lines but they edit them to fit video games. It's something like "I am tired of all these mother f***ing video games on my mother f***ing show!" And then some "journalist" who is usually a hot woman comes on the screen and is WAY TOO excited to be there because she is only yelling into the mic.
     
    See where I am going with this?
     
    Then on top of that, they usually give the best game award to the wrong game. They give it to the most popular game and not the game that has more artistic integrity. The Last of Us is probably the most original and artistic game this generation. It brings out your emotions such as sadness or hope. It shows the struggle of a man trying to escort a teenage girl across the country to try and save her. It used motion capture performances and they were able to make the game graphically stunning. But we all know what game is going to win big this December. GTA V.
     
    This is one of the reasons why people don't take video games seriously as a legitimate form of artistic expression. Because there is no legitimate validation of anyone's hard work other than sales numbers and some piss poor reviews over at IGN.
     
    I am not saying I want them to get all high society on us like the Oscars, but they do need to class it up... A LOT! No more sponsors being thrown at the TV by a loud announcer (the industry needs to pay for the show. EA, Activision, Ubisoft, they all need to lend support), no more IGN reporters yelling into their mic, and no more stand up comedians opening the show in their GOD DAMNED PAJAMAS!
     
    Please tell me I am over thinking this and that I am wrong, because I am actually getting a little upset typing this. But you and I both know that video games get maybe 1/100th of the recognition that movies get.
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    jjtoutt reacted to Morpheus in How excited are you for the 9000 series and why?   
    what is that?
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    jjtoutt got a reaction from TyagoDani in Best forum I've been on   
    Everyone is so friendly, its just amazing to be part of such an awesome community. :lol:  
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    jjtoutt got a reaction from Theo in How much vram do you actually need?   
    My 2Gb cards max out at around 1.8Gb at 1080p, so i think 2Gb is becoming the new 1Gb.
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    jjtoutt reacted to Lil Chillbil in Biggest TECH FEAR?   
    that maybe were all just here...
     
     
    maybe this is just a computer program called life...
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    jjtoutt reacted to Kyo_Ma in Biggest TECH FEAR?   
    Heat, I have an unhealthy obsession with keeping everything cool with fans and checking airflow. I have fans strapped to my router, switches, ect ect almost fans on everything.
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    jjtoutt reacted to 5lay3r in Biggest TECH FEAR?   
    My biggest fear is the intake on my pc sucking up a fart and killing it
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    jjtoutt got a reaction from HeXeY in What game are you hooked on atm?   
    Tomb Raider 2013!!!!
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    jjtoutt reacted to TheSLSAMG in 21:9 My gaming monitor.   
    This is the vehicle that delivered the monitor to his home.
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    jjtoutt reacted to James_AJ in Microsoft gets into chip design   
    Microsoft processor with backdoor straight to NSA, amirite?
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