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  1. So I've recently gotten a glib of an urge to get some good gimme-gimme DVDs. Criterion generally remasters both video and audio, which is sweet. Recently I've bought a bunch, and I'm mostly proud of the Jacques Tati films. Does anyone else know wtf I am talking about?


  2. I wish caterpie was more common around me. I'm drowning in Weedles, Pidgeys and Drowzees but still haven't evolved a Butterfree. What I really want is more Gastlys! Do they only come out at night?

    I caught a ghastly on teh first day, and it was on my desk at work (this is pre- "oh I can turn off AR" on the timeline). Got home and there was a Haunter waiting on my desk, too!

     

    Night time I get more ghastlies, oddishes and venonats around my present location. Not actually actively played after 7pm so that's just a survey of what is nearby when I'm at home.

     

    Ima head out soon myself just to walk along the beach. Just hit lvl 17 and less bothered about levelling up, more bothered about catching and evolving new pokemon! i've caught 62 and seen 63, with a growlithe and an eggsecute from a pair of eggs hatched yesterday. So fun!


  3. from what i hear there's little point in wasting your stardust on powering pokes up until you're a higher level. The higher level you are, the ligher base level CP pokes will have. As in; you can catch two weedles and you can max out teh candy/stardust and one will be more powerful than the other.... then you'll level up and catch one with a higher CP!

     

    My understanding is that you should following formulaic (please bear in mind the numbers are estimates only);

     

    Catch A ZILLION POKEMON, trade in A BILLION for candy, then pop a lucky egg and evolve A MILLION of 'em, then BAMMO you're a higher level sooner, and you can catch the more badass pokes.

     

    I've largely failed at this so far.

     

    Great way to catch A ZILLION POKEMON; sit near two pokestops, attach a lure to each (or be in a group to share the lure requirement), activate incense. You should see 3+ pokes appear every 5 mins, and nab enough pokeballs from teh stops to keep yourself going.

     

    I've basically done this twice so far.

     

    Personally, what I really want to do is go for a proper long walk along brighton seafront as there's a lot of water pokes there (obv), as opposed to the bug/flying/forest types round my way.

     

    Train stations and bus exchanges seem to be good for electric types, from what I've seen. There are a bunch of churchyards/graveyards near me, which is good for psychic/ghost types. Not figured a good place for rock/ground types yet.


  4. Been playing since US release, and I've really loved seeing how this has impacted the real world. Everyone has heard about it. People are playing it who can't name 10 pokemon from the first generation. People (me) are going for a walk for no real reason but to play this.

     

    After work one day, I went to my local park and there's this spot with three pokestops close to each other, and 50+ people sitting around having a lure party.

     

    Went to town to do shopping. Sat and had a drink with some mates and caught 22 voltorbs.

     

    My friends are talking about buying a day saver ticket for the buses that go round Brighton as a tactic to rapidly hit up loads of pokestops for pokeballs, then go to spot x or spot y to have another lure party.

     

    I've managed to get into a gym once because I'm still only lvl 15, but I then trained a bunch and got my badge for that.

     

    Excited to see what they have in store in terms of rolling out other Gen pokemon - especially considering I couldn't name you 3 pokemon beyond gold/silver.

     

    As for this game changing the way Nintendo focuses on its consoles/games... well it's clearly a fresh new revenue stream, and I thnk it's incredibly smart for Nintendo to have gone this way considering how console gaming is less and less relevant.


  5. I watched the whole thing in the space of 2 days in between Christmas and New Year and thought it was incredible. Really great television.

     

    I think Avery is guilty. I've done a bit of research and they left a lot of stuff out that makes him look far guiltier than it shows. However, I don't think he would've been given a guilty verdict if the police hadn't intervened and possibly even planted evidence. The blood vial is the biggest one for me. How could that possibly happen? Finding the keys in his house and the bullet in the garage, both miraculously after a cop from Manitowoc county shows up. Brandon's coerced confession should also have been thrown out from what we saw of it.

     

    Things missing from the documentary included:

     

    • Avery had bought the chains described by Brandon a few weeks prior to the murder
    • Avery had phoned the girl multiple times and her work asking specifically for her to come out to photograph the car. She thought he was creepy and didn't want to.
    • Brandon's 'coerced' confession wasn't actually as bad as it looked on TV. The full recording and transcripts are available and he volunteers information freely.

     

     

    I just saw on reddit a (crap) interview with the at-the-time prosecution attorney, and he explained that the puncture is from when the blood was first inserted into the vial. I'm no expert so I have no idea how true this is.

     

    I completely agree that there's clear scope for omissions, and perhaps other evidence did enough to build a convincing case (as per other replies in this thread)

     

     

    As a legal student I am finding this interesting (only watched the first episode though). However it doesn't seem any different from any of the true-crime programmes you get on Channel Five or Watch or [insert channel here]. Just because it's on Netflix more people than the norm are watching. Because if this was on one of the regular channels most people wouldn't take a second look at it.

     

    As a legal student I am finding this interesting (only watched the first episode though). However it doesn't seem any different from any of the true-crime programmes you get on Channel Five or Watch or [insert channel here]. Just because it's on Netflix more people than the norm are watching. Because if this was on one of the regular channels most people wouldn't take a second look at it.

    Again it's the amount of contemporary footage that aids this case, as well as the fact that it is fairly unique given Avery's past. If anything, if it's on netflix then less people will watch as they have less access. I understand what you mean though; netflix has been creating a good reputation for itself for decent TV - but it's made bad shows and they've been correctly labelled as BAD.


  6. I watched the whole thing in the space of 2 days in between Christmas and New Year and thought it was incredible. Really great television.

     

    I think Avery is guilty. I've done a bit of research and they left a lot of stuff out that makes him look far guiltier than it shows. However, I don't think he would've been given a guilty verdict if the police hadn't intervened and possibly even planted evidence. The blood vial is the biggest one for me. How could that possibly happen? Finding the keys in his house and the bullet in the garage, both miraculously after a cop from Manitowoc county shows up. Brandon's coerced confession should also have been thrown out from what we saw of it.

     

    Things missing from the documentary included:

     

    • Avery had bought the chains described by Brandon a few weeks prior to the murder
    • Avery had phoned the girl multiple times and her work asking specifically for her to come out to photograph the car. She thought he was creepy and didn't want to.
    • Brandon's 'coerced' confession wasn't actually as bad as it looked on TV. The full recording and transcripts are available and he volunteers information freely.

     

     

    I just saw on reddit a (crap) interview with the at-the-time prosecution attorney, and he explained that the puncture is from when the blood was first inserted into the vial. I'm no expert so I have no idea how true this is.

     

    I completely agree that there's clear scope for omissions, and perhaps other evidence did enough to build a convincing case (as per other replies in this thread)

     

     

    As a legal student I am finding this interesting (only watched the first episode though). However it doesn't seem any different from any of the true-crime programmes you get on Channel Five or Watch or [insert channel here]. Just because it's on Netflix more people than the norm are watching. Because if this was on one of the regular channels most people wouldn't take a second look at it.

     

    As a legal student I am finding this interesting (only watched the first episode though). However it doesn't seem any different from any of the true-crime programmes you get on Channel Five or Watch or [insert channel here]. Just because it's on Netflix more people than the norm are watching. Because if this was on one of the regular channels most people wouldn't take a second look at it.

    Again it's the amount of contemporary footage that aids this case, as well as the fact that it is fairly unique given Avery's past. If anything, if it's on netflix then less people will watch as they have less access. I understand what you mean though; netflix has been creating a good reputation for itself for decent TV - but it's made bad shows and they've been correctly labelled as BAD.


  7. Managed to finish it a few days ago...

     

    A real rollercoaster of a ride. When the first episode ended I kind of thought "oh what? What else is there to tell?" Then it just unravels from there. The defending attorneys did a great job of highlighting all of the errors of the police department, and raised some serious questions about a string of issues. The media's role seemed to be highlighted as a significant element of the result - can't completely determine how much of that is editing of the show or not but the question is raised.

     

    I was really most impressed with the amount of contemporary documentary footage, which really distinguished this from other generic "my husband was an axe murderer!" lite-doc stuff.

     

    The DNA stuff is most startling, and the fact that the license plate and car type was called in by a cop before the car was missing -- however it wouldn't be that hard for a family member to provide those details. The family/friends of the missing lady being on the search team was also ridic... ultimately I don't think I could cast a judgement as to whether it as Avery or not, so I hope if I was in that position I'd be strong and vote innocent.

     


  8. Thanks for the messages - apologies for being a shit forumer for the last year (and beyond) - but I still check this place (nearly) daily and I genuinely appreciate the attention (why lie?).

     

    however Moogle overstepped the mark with the mundane shit about symmetry. That was just zzz. Even for me.

     

    :P


  9. i know the bits/bites thing but I don't automatically know which one is being used when people say "megs" or "gigs" when talking about stuff. you say talking about "small amounts of data" but the industry clearly has taken advantage of the difference and exploited the idiocy of people like me.

     

    Luckily all their competitors (have to) do the same, so that means that I can compare what I have against others a bit more easily.


  10. I couldn't tell you what advertised speed our internet is here, but basically;

     

    Steam says my best dl speed is 5.3mb/s

     

    I typically game on PC with low quality games like AoE2 and get ping of 33/60 with my friends, so it's very playable.

     

    I have trouble convincing my friends to chat via teamspeak, so if I need to download a new game or update AND chat via skype... it's just not happening...

     

    I live in a house with between 4 and 6 people

     

    I also frequently play COD on the PS3 and lag is definitely to blame for at least 30% of my deaths (STFU it's not anecdotal)

     

    I don't know what you're used to, or what you intend to do. But I stream iPlayer, netflix and prime via my pc and I don't ever have any buffering issues. My wireless dongle thing likes to just stop working about three times a day.

     

    .. I have no idea what my net speed is supposed to be for this household so I don't know how beneficial any of this was to you! But play me at AoE2 anytime on your fancy fibre connection and I'll still beat you with lag.

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