Random Rants XV: Like a Fine Whine

[Annex]

Call of Duty: World at War on veteran.

You win an internet if you can tell me what level has almost broke me down to tears.

Heh Ive never actually played the single player missions. Online death match is much more fun. I play Nazi zombies sometimes too.

 

[salty mud]

How would you know if you've never played SP?

 

[Kozmos]

I've failed digital electronics. I failed badly. Really badly. I am scum. I am no better then the peasants I have to deal with daily. The self-loathing is so strong I'd sleep with a less than moderately attractive AIDS infected slut.

 

[Annex]

How would you know if you've never played SP?

I mean played as in "get any significant progress". I tried but got distracted.

 

[Ekolite]

Well, I remember I saw one year you said you took like 11 subjects (though it was IGCSE).

And well, 11 subjects (and each subject has at least 2 papers...you can do the math )

A lot of subjects only have one exam, but yes, we have a lot of exams in Britain. The GCSE courses most specifically.

 

[Flying Pig]

French and German have 4 papers to sit, as does Latin.

 

[salty mud]

I wouldn't call an oral exam and coursework a 'paper to sit,' but there is a reading and listening examination to sit.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Call of Duty: World at War on veteran.

You win an internet if you can tell me what level has almost broke me down to tears.

Breaking Point.

 

[salty mud]

No internet for you. Breaking Point was one of the easier ones, I think.

 

[Trajan12]

I hate when a movie is wide screened, yet the subtitles are still on the movie part of the screen and not the black part. Intuition anyone? Even if I can deal with words on the movie, I can hardly effing read it.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

No internet for you. Breaking Point was one of the easier ones, I think.

Downfall??

Anyways, on a partially-related subject:

WHY THE HELL DOES XBOX HAVE TO RUN IN PACIFIC TIME?

Seriously. The United States of America does not revolve on Pacific time. You see an event, and what's the first time the people run use? Eastern. Why? Because it has about half of America's population.

Spoiler :

Central Standard Time (CST) Population
Alabama 4,557,808
Arkansas 2,779,154
Florida 940,665
Illinois 12,763,371
Indiana 1,299,403
Iowa 2,966,334
Kansas 2,732,821
Kentucky 989,316
Louisiana 4,523,628
Michigan 82,135
Minnesota 5,132,799
Mississippi 2,921,088
Missouri 5,800,310
Nebraska 1,645,333
North Dakota 579,019
Oklahoma 3,547,884
South Dakota 572,564
Tennessee 3,871,656
Texas 22,143,542
Wisconsin 5,536,201

TOTAL - 85,385,031

====================================

Mountain Standard Time (MST) Population
Arizona 5,939,292
Colorado 4,665,177
Idaho 1,133,936
Kansas 11,866
Montana 935,670
Nebraska 113,454
New Mexico 1,928,384
North Dakota 57,658
Oregon 31,425
South Dakota 203,369
Texas 716,426
Utah 2,469,585
Wyoming 509,294

TOTAL - 18,715,536

====================================

Pacific Standard Time (PST) Population
California 36,132,147
Idaho 295,160
Nevada 2,414,807
Oregon 3,609,631
Washington 6,287,759

TOTAL - 48,739,504

====================================

Eastern Standard Time (EST) Population
Connecticut 3,510,297
Delaware 843,524
Florida 16,849,199
Georgia 9,072,576
Indiana 4,972,570
Kentucky 3,184,089
Maine 1,321,505
Maryland 5,600,388
Massachusetts 6,398,743
Michigan 10,038,725
New Hampshire 1,309,940
New Jersey 8,717,925
New York 19,254,630
North Carolina 8,683,242
Ohio 11,464,042
Pennsylvania 12,429,616
Rhode Island 1,076,189
South Carolina 4,255,083
Tennessee 2,091,303
Vermont 623,050
Virginia 7,567,465
Washington, DC 550,521
West Virginia 1,816,856

TOTAL - 141,631,478

Now, which is better monetarily? Catering to 50 million peoples' time or catering to 150 million peoples' time?

P.S. This rant was created because all the non-general trivia or live 1 vs. 100 games are at about 10:00 or 11:00 on XBL in my time zone (which, unsurprisingly, is Eastern).

 

[cardgame]

I hate when a movie is wide screened, yet the subtitles are still on the movie part of the screen and not the black part. Intuition anyone? Even if I can deal with words on the movie, I can hardly effing read it.

And going from here, I hate how every one of my iPod movies has a resolution about 1-2 letters past its actual screen length... so when the credits or subtitles roll in I miss some. Sometimes a bunch actually.

 

[choxorn]

WHY THE HELL DOES XBOX HAVE TO RUN IN PACIFIC TIME?

Cause Microsoft is based in Seattle (PST), maybe?

 

[Ekolite]

Downfall??

Anyways, on a partially-related subject:

WHY THE HELL DOES XBOX HAVE TO RUN IN PACIFIC TIME?

Seriously. The United States of America does not revolve on Pacific time. You see an event, and what's the first time the people run use? Eastern. Why? Because it has about half of America's population.

Spoiler :

Central Standard Time (CST) Population
Alabama 4,557,808
Arkansas 2,779,154
Florida 940,665
Illinois 12,763,371
Indiana 1,299,403
Iowa 2,966,334
Kansas 2,732,821
Kentucky 989,316
Louisiana 4,523,628
Michigan 82,135
Minnesota 5,132,799
Mississippi 2,921,088
Missouri 5,800,310
Nebraska 1,645,333
North Dakota 579,019
Oklahoma 3,547,884
South Dakota 572,564
Tennessee 3,871,656
Texas 22,143,542
Wisconsin 5,536,201

TOTAL - 85,385,031

====================================

Mountain Standard Time (MST) Population
Arizona 5,939,292
Colorado 4,665,177
Idaho 1,133,936
Kansas 11,866
Montana 935,670
Nebraska 113,454
New Mexico 1,928,384
North Dakota 57,658
Oregon 31,425
South Dakota 203,369
Texas 716,426
Utah 2,469,585
Wyoming 509,294

TOTAL - 18,715,536

====================================

Pacific Standard Time (PST) Population
California 36,132,147
Idaho 295,160
Nevada 2,414,807
Oregon 3,609,631
Washington 6,287,759

TOTAL - 48,739,504

====================================

Eastern Standard Time (EST) Population
Connecticut 3,510,297
Delaware 843,524
Florida 16,849,199
Georgia 9,072,576
Indiana 4,972,570
Kentucky 3,184,089
Maine 1,321,505
Maryland 5,600,388
Massachusetts 6,398,743
Michigan 10,038,725
New Hampshire 1,309,940
New Jersey 8,717,925
New York 19,254,630
North Carolina 8,683,242
Ohio 11,464,042
Pennsylvania 12,429,616
Rhode Island 1,076,189
South Carolina 4,255,083
Tennessee 2,091,303
Vermont 623,050
Virginia 7,567,465
Washington, DC 550,521
West Virginia 1,816,856

TOTAL - 141,631,478

Now, which is better monetarily? Catering to 50 million peoples' time or catering to 150 million peoples' time?

P.S. This rant was created because all the non-general trivia or live 1 vs. 100 games are at about 10:00 or 11:00 on XBL in my time zone (which, unsurprisingly, is Eastern).

Screw America, they should use GMT.

 

[Dachs]

Screw America, they should use GMT.

Having fun over there on your irrelevant little island?

 

[Earthling]

Screw America, they should use GMT.

Except even the UKers apparently don't REALLY use GMT, they still have their own Daylight Savings equivalent = British Summer Time, which throws a bunch of things off.

 

[Ekolite]

Having fun over there on your irrelevant little island?

Hey, America being important only means it will be the main target for when Iran and North Korea finally get their nuclear weapons. Being Irrelevant is good .

 

[Nylan]

Hey, America being important only means it will be the main target for when Iran and North Korea finally get their nuclear weapons. Being Irrelevant is good .

What's that? I couldn't hear you over the roar of the Florida Atlantic and NASA's most-advanced-in-the-world rocket launches. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a BBQ to go to and a sunset to watch

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

My grandma's dying. She's got 'till the end of summer.

Cancer.

 

[salty mud]

Downfall??

No! You chose the two easiest missions! It's obviously Heart of the Reich... the thing nearly give me a nervous breakdown.

What's that? I couldn't hear you over the roar of the Florida Atlantic and NASA's most-advanced-in-the-world rocket launches. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a BBQ to go to and a sunset to watch

We've had our fame in the 17th/18th/19th centuries. When our time ran out and we started to become crap, the best the world could muster were black African farmers and ungrateful pigs in the Americas. When your time runs out, you'll have a barrage of nucleur weapons heading your way.

My grandma's dying. She's got 'till the end of summer.

Cancer.

I'm sorry to hear that man. I hope she isn't suffering too much, I know how bad cancer can be. But don't let it get to you, there isn't anything you can do. Make sure you mourn her sufficiently and time will do the rest.