3X3 Eyes and the Arcade Card

[ceti alpha]

BTW, do you also use Internet Explorer? Statistically most of the people online do, and I'm trying to find out who these people are because I know almost none of them.

My manager at work uses IE, but he also has Vista so he probably didn't even want to bother getting past the security features on Vista. Vista won't even let you download and install Firefox.  And then there's people I know that just refuse to use Firefox for some reason. They'll even lie or make excuses that Firefox won't let them go to certain pages. I don't know what sites they were trying to go to, but I've never had that problem in Firefox. Even if that problem ever arose all you have to do is press the IE button on Firefox to switch and voila, problem solved.

How people can use IE at this point in the game is beyond me. Why you would choose to be inundated by banner ads and pop ups is beyond me - not to mention the countless other features Firefox offers. I laugh when I see people with IE and a slew of toolbars with pop up swatters and other worthless junk. 

[Game and Watch Kirby]

What kind of computer do you have? Divx is like 5MB or something. Thats like one millionth of your average modern hard drive.

I'm all for standards. I hate it when people post shit in ogg format or something, but Divx pretty much is the standard for %99 of what I play. If you download the codec WMP will play it seamlessly...well, I shouldn't say that since its probably giving MS too much credit. Its supposed to work that way though, and usually does. It does the same thing for Quicktime if one is running OSX.

He could put it on Youtube, and probably should, but Youtube will really screw up the quality of the video which is kind of too heavily matted anyway (IMHO).

BTW, do you also use Internet Explorer? Statistically most of the people online do, and I'm trying to find out who these people are because I know almost none of them.

And...do you drive a Ford, Chrysler or GM product that isn't a work truck or a sports car?

I have all these ideas for non-fiction books yet I never end up writing them...

I have a Gateway 560GE that was bought in August 2005. I know I have around 179 GB on my  hard drive, but I want to have as few programs as possible. It's especially incovienient if I have two or more programs that do similar aspects.

Essentially, I do use Microsoft Internet Explorer (7.0, to be more percise), but to connect to the Internet with, I use AOL 9.0 VR. It seems that I use both at the same time.

I don't exactly drive yet, as I only have my permit. Within a few months, I should be able to get my driver's license. If I were to get a type of car, it would probably be one that was manufactured in Japan, such as a Toyota.

[Game and Watch Kirby]

I've managed to deal with the problem! All I needed to do was to log onto another username (this computer is shared by others). As I am not the Administrator, Internet connectivity issues such as this can occasionally arise.

Another one of your great works, SuperPCEngineGrafx. The Arcade Card version was almost much faster, mostly due to the ending having an extra scene in it. I've also noticed that some of the scenes were switched around between the two versions. It's interesting, too, that the Arcade Card version was using more advanced sound than the Super CD version, which could indicate that the Super CD-ROM was using the ADPCM format of sound. I felt that the "One Minute Later" intermission were a bit unfitting, though. They may be better without any, or different, music. A very interesting intro, nonetheless.

I still look forward to seeing this on YouTube. That is, if he wants to put it up there :-".

[SignOfZeta]

Essentially, I do use Microsoft Internet Explorer (7.0, to be more percise), but to connect to the Internet with, I use AOL 9.0 VR. It seems that I use both at the same time.

OK, I get it now.

I don't exactly drive yet, as I only have my permit. Within a few months, I should be able to get my driver's license. If I were to get a type of car, it would probably be one that was manufactured in Japan, such as a Toyota.

Well, when I was your age "Japanese" cars were actually made in Japan. Nowadays though...not very often. Almost all Hondas and Toyotas that are sold in North America are made in North America. Currently the only Hondas that are made in Japan but sold in the US are the S2000, Fit, Civic Hybrid, and some CR-Vs. By now CR-V production for NA might be all NA. Not sure. Some Acura's might be JP made, but not the ones that are re-badges (MDX, CTX) because those aren't even sold in Japan.

BTW, in this day and age my advice is to learn to drive, very well, but don't actually drive if you can avoid it. If you live in a city with good mass transit, use that. Cars are an expensive pain in the ass that waste your money, kill the planet, and possibly you also.

If I could I'd just drive a sports car on the weekend and take a bus to work. Most of the US can't though because mass transit is either Communist or gay, I'm not sure which. Maybe both.

[ceti alpha]

It's pretty much the same with Volkswagen. If you want a German built VW you have to buy a Passat, though I'm not sure aboot the new GTI.  The new GTI is teh awesome.

[Joe Redifer]

My '08 Honda Civic EX had it's transmission made in Japan, engine made in the US and the entire thing assembled in Canada.

[Bonknuts]

If you live in a city with good mass transit, use that.

 Ahahahaha... :wipes a tear from his eye:

 

[SignOfZeta]

It's pretty much the same with Volkswagen. If you want a German built VW you have to buy a Passat, though I'm not sure aboot the new GTI.  The new GTI is teh awesome.

Some, if not all, of the new Jetta's and Golf's are German made, but I'm sure they are making the change to an all Mexican set-up. It kind of sucks because VW hasn't been the same since they moved to most of the production to Mexico.

My GTI was actually built in Pennsylvania, but that was 22 years ago.

[SignOfZeta]

My '08 Honda Civic EX had it's transmission made in Japan, engine made in the US and the entire thing assembled in Canada.

What's even crazier is the Accord V6 Hybrid which has an engine and trans built in Japan, and final assembly in Japan, but a body built in the US. So this means the body went to Japan and back. That's not the only incredibly stupid thing about that car.

[Black Tiger]

If you live in a city with good mass transit, use that.

 Ahahahaha... :wipes a tear from his eye:

 

This is a real joke here. As rotten as the bus service is, up until recently our 'subway' system consisted of a single diagonal line across the metro Vancouver area. A few years ago, 2 decades after the original line, they added another parallel lines that loops into the old one at either end.

Everyone who doesn't happen to live right next to that subway loop is screwed and at the mercy of the tiny bus service, driven by many awful union a$$holes through our terrible gridlocked streets. And those who can ride the subway have to put up with frequent delays and closures(among other things). Plus its $5 for an hour and a half.

It still sucks to drive anywhere during the day, but at least its possible to get somewhere beyond walking distance within an estimatable time frame(to like hold down a job or something).

I agree that you shouldn't rely on a car to get around if you don't have to and I would love to use transit again, but its just not reasonable in this area.

[ceti alpha]

This is a real joke here. As rotten as the bus service is, up until recently our 'subway' system consisted of a single diagonal line across the metro Vancouver area. A few years ago, 2 decades after the original line, they added another parallel lines that loops into the old one at either end.

Everyone who doesn't happen to live right next to that subway loop is screwed and at the mercy of the tiny bus service, driven by many awful union a$$holes through our terrible gridlocked streets. And those who can ride the subway have to put up with frequent delays and closures(among other things). Plus its $5 for an hour and a half.

It still sucks to drive anywhere during the day, but at least its possible to get somewhere beyond walking distance within an estimatable time frame(to like hold down a job or something).

I agree that you shouldn't rely on a car to get around if you don't have to and I would love to use transit again, but its just not reasonable in this area.

Vancouver is beautiful. I miss it out there, but I left there because I missed the east too much. lol  Now I might be going back to Ontario, but we'll see about that. Anyway, the public transit is terrible here in Halifax as well. The Halifax/Dartmouth ferries don't run late enough on the weekends and neither do the buses. So if you're on the Halifax side after 12:30am you have to take an expensive cab.  Here in Halifax the problem with public transit is a population issue. Halifax isn't a terribly big city at 400,000 tops, but it has seen a lot of growth over the past years and is continuing to grow very quickly. A lot of people are moving in from rural Nova Scotia. The city is planning a train and a high speed ferry, which will be great, but until Halifax gets more people the transit system here is pretty crappy.

I drive everywhere now just because transit here is so dismal. 

But man, if the transit system here looked as modern as in 3X3 Eyes I'd be all over it. lol

[spenoza]

That 3x3 Eyes intro made me nostalgic for Tokyo. Nothing easier than eying a rail map, buying a ticket, and going for a train ride. Between the trains and all the walking I lost some weight (and became anemic) over the course of 10 months in Japan. And now the good ole' USA has tossed be back into automobile mode, where it's just me in a car wasting gas to go places. I need a third eye so I can just make myself fly.