Recent content by Xanthious

Wheel of Time series is great and there are more than enough books to keep you occupied for a while plus the final one is coming out soon to wrap everything up. Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow are both good books. If you really like those there are quite a few more in that series. Those two are...

Yeah count me among the "Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with Windows 7" crowd. Windows 8 looks like it's going to be a hot mess. I prefer Windows for my PC (or at least did), Android for my phone (Galaxy S3 FTW), and have a new iPad for . . . . well if I'm being honest I have an iPad that...

Well you certainly won't get rich doing what I propose but it's a job so simple a monkey could do it and the pay is far better than you might expect. Think about pizza delivery. I did it during my early 20s to support the many unsavory habits I had then. I used to put in 30 or so hours a week...

I'm sure when bands like Nickleback and Linkin Park get sad thinking how hated they are they just try to remember how many millions of dollars they had made before they stopped bothering to keep track and perk right up. I'll gladly and proudly be labeled a sell out and take all the hate you...

I say go for it. The Holy Trilogy isn't nearly as holy as it once was with Lucas changing it more and more with each subsequent release. I think if done right a rebooted Star Wars could be pretty damn awesome.

Ok lets go with your solution. Let's implement laws that require fair wages and good working conditions. Knowing they are going to have to pay a first world wages anyway do you honestly think companies are going to keep having their manufacturing done in China? Of course they won't, if they are...

Those things cost money though and even if a plant did open with those things you listed companies wouldn't use it and it would ultimately go out of business. You think Microsoft or Apple or Nintendo will eat the extra cost associated with paying higher wages and a better work environment? They...

I think the moral of this story is if the man wouldn't have been married he'd still be walking around as free as you please. So what I take away from all of this is don't get married! Which is solid advice regardless of the situation.

Oh they'd find an alternative all right. They'd set up shop in another third world Hell hole where they could produce their goods at a cost that is in line with what they had previously been accustomed to in China. Maybe it would be Mexico. Maybe India. Maybe any number of places that are filled...

Somewhere in Japan Nintendo executives are currently in a meeting learning the ins and outs of screwing up a wet dream. I HATE my Wii. The Wii U had my interest though. The more I hear about it though the less I'm interested in getting a Wii U. Want to use your Wii Pro Controller? Too bad...

No, what you are claiming isn't the case. Let's assume China did magically and drastically improve the jobs though and raised salaries and cut hours. The first thing that would happen is the cost of production would skyrocket. That means the cost to the consumer would skyrocket as well. Either...

Trust me fella, nobody is forcing those people to work there. They can't line up fast enough to get jobs at places like Foxconn. Sure it's ungodly long hours, working conditions I wouldn't wish on anyone, and just an overall horrible work environment but ya know what? It sure as hell beats...

Ya know maybe the MPAA and to a lesser extent the RIAA and the gaming industry and the television industry could look at this endless game of piracy cat and mouse and realize that it might be time to evolve their archaic business models. The thing is, no matter how many people they bully, or how...

Please give me your Usenet membership card so that I may cut it up. You have violated the first rule of Usenet. Dammit I just did the same thing! Ok I'll let it slide. . . . this time.

As someone who delivered pizza for quite a few years I can tell you that the pizza guy is probably the one person you'd least want to piss off as far as service workers go. Those guys are alone and unsupervised with your food from the time it leaves the store to the time it arrives at your...