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  1. Szlia

    hyperloop

    The problem is not having someone next to you or not, the problem is the confined space, the low ceiling, the lack of windows.
  2. Szlia

    hyperloop

    The total number of people per vehicle is irrelevant. What is relevant is the space block for each passenger. As you can see in the picture posted, it's a 2 people block. I'll confess I used the worst case scenario for emphasis as there are 4 people blocks in some of the designs (the crotch-shot...
  3. Szlia

    Name that game

    Pretty sure it must be a game from the Dragon Knight serie... but... let me get back to you as to which one. EDIT: Dragon Knight III! EDIT2: Tried to find Tarisk's the other day, but after dozens of screens of "interactive movie" type games I ended up empty handed :/ EDIT3: Dragon...
  4. Szlia

    Summer 2013 Anime Thread

    For those it may concern: the manga the serie is based on is published in french (Silver Spoon: La cuill?re d'argent). I only read the first volume, but the mix of light comedy, original setting and agricultural lesson made for a very pleasant read (so, I'll assume, also a pleasant watch)...
  5. Szlia

    hyperloop

    Did the ride take 30 minutes and was the cabin only able to contain two people?
  6. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I guess there is a big asterisk to add next to that statement: * the only metric being the quantity and quality of exclusive titles. I don't know about you but I don't remember many console launch line up that feature 9 AAA titles with 5 that are not sport/driving (looking at this PS4 list)...
  7. Szlia

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    It's a good technique to cheat death's administration apparently. Born in 1904, Sir John Gielgud was already dying of old age in Falstaff back in 1965 and he died in 2000!
  8. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Your friends have a point about the X360 probably having more online users for multiplier titles for a while.
  9. Szlia

    hyperloop

    You don't. But usually when you need to leave the place you are to go somewhere else quickly, that involves toilets. I believe they have those on planes (though they probably charge you for their usage on low-cost airlines now). On a side note, remember the question is not "WouldIride the...
  10. Szlia

    hyperloop

    Ability to move around, to stand or sit. Ability to leave at any moment within five minutes. Aka: not feeling trapped in a coffin for 30 minutes? I also like the fact that anyone with limited mobility is unable to enter or leave the vehicle by himself or that the 4 people spots have been...
  11. Szlia

    hyperloop

    My point is being misunderstood here (I'll take the blame for that). Let me rephrase it differently: I feel this project is interesting from an engineering/technology standpoint, it seems to offer a good service as far as travel time and travel price are concerned (even if there are many...
  12. Szlia

    hyperloop

    Last time I took a train and plane I could move around, see outside, go to the toilets, go the restaurant car or get in flight food. Last time I took a car, I could see outside, go where I wanted to go, stop when I wanted to stop. The tiny portion of japanese people who are used to capsule...
  13. Szlia

    hyperloop

    Color me shocked if that ever gets built AND actual people actually use it. I mean who does not want to be shot down a concrete tube while laying in a metal coffin?
  14. Szlia

    Dexter

    On that note, killing the guy that made her wear designer dresses was a bad move!
  15. Szlia

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    You do realize it's a multiple choice poll right?
  16. Szlia

    You're Next

    It was at a movie festival I went to and it had a very favorable buzz surrounding it (I just checked and it won the public's award). Did not get to see it though.
  17. Szlia

    Answer the question above you, no matter what it is

    Probably The West Wing, because it has everything in it, is very good and is very long! So by the time you see the last episode you are about ready to see the first one again! What book/movie/game/whatever never got a sequel despite your hopes and prayers for one?
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    With the first Xbox they dropped their pants a couple months after release. This 180 months before the release makes me believe the pre-order numbers are not bad, but dismal. The 1 to 10 ratio on this thread's poll is probably not representative of the general pre-ordering public, but even if...
  19. Szlia

    The Newsroom S2

    I disagree, I think the whole episode was great, which is no small feat considering how many storylines were meshed. If we want to nit-pick, you could say being sued for assault is probably more damaging in the eyes of your bosses than a sex tape.
  20. Szlia

    Name that game

    Kickle Cubicle! I know because when I browsed NES puzzle games to identify Ice n' Fire I stumbled upon this one and also dowloaded the ROM! EDIT: Just played a couple dozen levels and it's a lot more action than puzzle, witch is not too hot when the controls are those of a puzzle game!
  21. Szlia

    Name that game

    So this Solomon's Key 2 aka Fire n' Ice game is pretty cool. I only had to check a walk through for 3 puzzles (one was just too tedious, another required insane outside the box thinking that would have never occurred to me and the third had a monster dodging start that I would not even have...
  22. Szlia

    Name that game

    On Amiga? I can't find an Amiga screenshot, but the PC, SNES and Sega CD versions have a different border. Resolution and palette seems Amigaish too.
  23. Szlia

    Name that game

    Might and Magic III
  24. Szlia

    Live on youTube right now: Badminton World Championship Finals

    A thrilling final that ended up with more drama than wished, as Lee Chong Wei injured himself and/or brutally cramped up at the very end of the final as he was closing the narrow gap between him and Lin Dan. That might generate some post match drama too apparently as it seems the air...
  25. Szlia

    Live on youTube right now: Badminton World Championship Finals

    Four of the five finals are done, so thegrand finaleandpi?ce de r?sistanceis about to begin!
  26. Szlia

    Live on youTube right now: Badminton World Championship Finals

    EDIT: THIS IS NOW OVER, but the matches are archived at the same place. http://www.youtube.com/user/bwf The channel of the Badminton World Federation shows many tournements live and today, right now, are the finals of the world championship. A good opportunity to check the sport if you...
  27. Szlia

    People (or Person) That Need to Die

    I'll just say I am surprised Bashar al-Assad is still alive.
  28. Szlia

    The Wolverine

    To those who ask 'why would he not?' The answer is: 'Because the side effects (acne, baldness and alteration of the vocal chords are not exactly good ideas for an actor and no one is interested in reduced testes and heart deformation) are not worth the reward' It's not like they are going to...
  29. Szlia

    Name that game

    That O is annoying... not Commanche, not Choplifter, not Operation Wolf, not Rambo, not Ikari Warriors... grrrr In my quest of military games with an O in the title I stumbled on that game... I remember trying it with a friend when I was a 12 and not able to understand english, so we...
  30. Szlia

    Name that game

    an accordion N?4: Sparkster / Rocket Knight Adventure
  31. Szlia

    Hell on Wheels

    On a side note, I spent the first few episode wondering in what other movie/show the actor playing Bohannan was until I realized he just reminded me of Dominic 'McNulty' West... am I crazy or?
  32. Szlia

    Name that game

    Or just Zaxxon.
  33. Szlia

    Name that game

    Adebisi: Way of the Warrior by Naughty Dog on 3DO! Tanoomba N?5: Fire n' Ice (aka Solomon's Key 2)
  34. Szlia

    Name that game

    This seemed like an odd version of F-Zero... and google in fact tells me it's a screen shot from BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 (an expansion to a version of F-Zero that was only released in Japan through download via theSatellaviewservice) I thought the bottom game was Fairy Tales, but it's not :/...
  35. Szlia

    Name that game

    4) Escape from Colditz on Amiga (or Colditz Escape! the freeware remake on PC?)
  36. Szlia

    Her

    I guess Spike Jonze played too much Love Plus on his DS...
  37. Szlia

    Answer the question above you, no matter what it is

    No. I learned about Kwanza reading The Boondocks and about Hanukkah... probably some american movie or TV show... I want to say The O.C. (though that seems a bit too recent...). There is no black history month in Switzerland! A question around that theme... what is the most surprising and...
  38. Szlia

    Spelunky

    Huh? I played that game a couple years ago on PC. And it did not look like a flash game too... EDIT: It seems it's the PC port of the XBLA port of the 2008 PC game... (there were additions going from PC to Xbox along with the change in visuals - for the worse in my book). PSN version supposed...
  39. Szlia

    Breaking Bad

    Chile. At some point there was the theory floating around that he was related to Pinochet or something...
  40. Szlia

    Answer the question above you, no matter what it is

    School play when I was... 12? 13? Around that. It was less than a play, just a single scene with a dozen static characters that we performed at an end of year school party or something... I ended up being the guy with the most lines, which was a bit silly because I am a procrastinator with no...