@ThanosReXXX I did get it all set up, and Mum’s happy with it. I actually wound up doing the more contrary methods, apparently. Softmod into DNS, then the ios change using my 64gb SDXC formatted at FAT32, with WiiFlow on a forwarder.
But she’s got her copy of Cooking Mama backed up and all running smoothly, so whatever. 😜
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So, i must type Ho-Oh into Hoe-Oh since Ho-Oh word itself was banned due to contain inappropriate meaning ?
Ho => Hoe just makes more inappropriate if you know the meaning of Hoe by slang.
I saw that issue from the article about Ho-Oh nickname issue on this website.
@Anti-Matter - Haha, I’m going to have to go check lyrics of some early 90s rap songs, but I always thought the slang word has the “e” on the end. I thought Santa says “ho” and you add the “e” for the garden tool or the customer service professional.
@NEStalgia Well, call me whatever, but I don't think money stinks. However, I also don't see it as the be all and end all, just a means to an end to get what I actually want, so I'm not one of those dope heads that thinks that money makes you happy. But it's still VERY convenient for creating a life that does make you happy, though...
@HobbitGamer Sounds a bit convoluted compared to how I always do it, and personally, I don't like WiiFlow at all, but hey, if it works for you, then that's ultimately all that matters.
@Anti-Matter I think you misunderstood: I saw the article, but you specifically said "speaking of" while nobody in this thread here was talking about it, so in this particular case it made little sense, and as such, "speaking of" did not apply, because it should have been a topic that other people in here were actually speaking about. But it was just an observation, nothing to hurt your head over...
Crazy, busy day. Replies only. Haven't read most of the thread.
@bimmy-lee Neat, I like it! I love how you incorporated something mundane (though important) into the design where the smoke alarm figures in. I can hear all the sounds already!
@Anti-Matter Hard for me to say what happened there without seeing the comment in question. I'm assuming someone thought it didn't contribute to the discussion. I haven't read the article or comments, but I'm sure it's all a mess.
@NEStalgia Will do. Child units are easily replaceable. Programmable is another matter.
Websites certainly love their media these days. Disregarding the ones that are designed VERY poorly (See Webpages That Suck, though I don't believe it's been updated for years), a lot of modern ones, to follow trends, are pretty media-heavy because most people are assumed to have functional internet at this point. Clearly, some parts of the country do not....
@ThanosReXXX I am curious about what some entertainment industry peeps get up to, particularly if some of their interests align with my own. I realize that the vast majority of them are just normal people doing a job and don't really like elevating them onto untouchable pedestals; heck in my opinion, some of those in the industry who embrace that and take advantage of it (and there are stories out there) are the ones to avoid. In my case, I have a lot of respect for performances done well but don't go "ZOMG it's X person! They can do no wrong!" Even some of my favorites have had their own flops.
So that's the Brie Larson thing in a nutshell eh? Seems like a lot of that was indeed taken out of context. I don't see anything wrong with those comments. I have no issues with more female representation in any industry. Most of the overreactions are likely those who have seen/heard too much of the vocal minority that are part of what I call Amazonian feminism. XD
@Tyranexx Haha, yeah, something like that. And did I mention that this whole statement was made by her several years ago already? Even besides the fact that someone actually may or may not have said something inflammatory, I find it SO f'ing ridiculous that people are still getting pummeled because of that YEARS after the fact. Get a life people, and f'ing move on already...
@ThanosReXXX - Ha, nice one. Santa needs to hire Snoop Dogg for his defense team. Snoop can clear this all up for him if he can confirm that the word he was using all those years had an “e” on the end of it. That would then clear Santa on his harassment charges.
@ThanosReXXX I remember when I first played Rogue Squadron 2, a Christmas gift I got alongside my Gamecube when it was new and I remember thinking "Wow, these graphics are incredible, we'll never get better than this! It looks real! XD The games were a lot of fun, and I loved that they drew on some of the old expanded universe content, like flying V-Wing speeders against the World Devestators on Mon Calamari. I wish we'd gotten to fly E-wings and K-Wings in some missions though. Then there was that mission where Wedge crashes on Genosis, somehow finds the Jedi Starfighter that Obi-Wan left there like 40 years prior, still in perfect condition of course, and escapes - that was in the 3rd game. Silly, but fun!
Also, wow, some things never die!
@NEStalgia Yeah, I didn't have that issue luckily, but I very much can imagine the frustration if you were stuck on older internet while every site was dumping all kinds of flashy trash everywhere. And that was the era where unregulated ads were everywhere with obnoxious flashing gifs, music, even video and crap pop ups, overlays, it was nasty!
Never really had that issue with Nintendo Directs honestly. But I don't often get to catch them live either so, happy coincidence perhaps.
@Tyranexx Even a few years ago I wouldn't have thought an article like that would draw criticism. But in the last year and a half or so, my general opinion of people online has been on a basically endless drop that resembles the stock market in 2008. At this point I just expect the vast majority of people online to be vile.
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@Tyranexx "mobile first" rebroke the internet. Now we have two versions of sites... One always missing content or functionality. Or we have most desktop websites with rediculous hamburger menus and fanfold navigation. Pardon me while i mercilessly stab the next person I see. Ohai bimmy!
@Heavyarms55 Oh yeah, you have to watch ND live to get the buffering nightmare. For a doomed company they manage to cripple youtube by posting a number on a screen.
@bimmy-lee Well... I'm not entirely sure that someone like Snoop would aid his cause...
Then again: stranger things have happened, for sure. As they say over here: only in America.
@Heavyarms55 Try playing them on a big HD screen in 2020, and with the right cables, you'll find that they still look good...
As for things never dying: if you're talking about ICQ, then that's only partially true: it's been gone for a while, then taken over by some kind of Russian or Eastern European company, and now it's back with a fresh coat of paint.
I don't do PC chats anymore, though. I've got my smart phone and WhatsApp for that, so they've come back too late to reel me back in.
On a side note: concerning news about the Corona virus or anything related to it, the latest tidbit is that for no apparent reason, people worldwide are stockpiling toilet paper. By the bucket loads. It was all over the news here today, and I saw footage from Europe, the US and Australia. Total madness and empty shelves in stores.
I still have no idea why or what the connection is, because I missed that part, but maybe people are stockpiling it, because they're all expecting to be quarantined at some point in the near future, and obviously, you'd need your supply of wipy papers, if you can't leave the house...
@NEStalgia Thanks, but you already told me that.
Oh, wait, you were talking about the Santa comic...
@ThanosReXXX Well I didn't mean to imply that they don't look good still, they do - I happen to have that HDMI adapter for my Gamecube. Just that things did get better and I think most of us had a point like that where we thought "wow, things are incredible, they can't get more impressive than that!" and then they did.
Also I can personally confirm that paper goods thing. Even here in rural Shiga, Japan I went to the local store and they were sold out of nearly all paper goods, and hand sanitizer and most soap. Schools are closed but staff is still expected to come to work... for reasons. So most of us are really really bored and just cleaning random things.
Contracts are weird.
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@Tyranexx - Hey, I missed your reply earlier, sorry about that. Sounds like a crazy day. Thanks for the compliment. That was my intent, to incorporate a necessary, but unappealing object like the alarm into the wall in some way. If I can’t come up with an arcade DK related way to to it in my son’s room, I saved the stencils, and he can get a Pac Man version. It’s less work actually. No bow, beauty mark, or colored eye to worry about.
@NEStalgia - Sorry about the late reply, some psychotic rando stabbed me on the train. We struck up a conversation, and it seemed normal at first, but then he tried to tell me that the quality of life was actually better during the Great Depression, which seemed odd, but he was convincing. Then he yelled something about how there’s too many versions of sites, and stabbed me. Jeez. Anyway, he’s Snoop Dee-Oh-double-Gee-Why-Dee-Oh-double-Gee to me, ya see?
@Heavyarms55 Ah, okay, guess I didn't quite get you there, then. And I'm kind of a retro nut, and I usually find that I'm not part of a big group when it concerns still enjoying and appreciating older games. I guess I've always had a knack for seeing things in the right perspective, so for example in this case, I would never compare the Rogue Squadron games to anything current gen, because not only would it not be a fair comparison, it's also rather disrespectful in my opinion, so all in all pretty useless if you ask me.
But for their time, they most definitely were the epitomy of what was possible on the tiny purple cube. Some might even say that it actually showed that, when used/programmed in the right way, it could easily hold its own against the original Xbox and the PS2.
But yes, agreed on thinking that things couldn't get much better back then, and then being surprised multiple times over during successive generations, when things actually did. However, what's also pretty clear by now, is that we're in the era of diminishing returns, where it concerns computer graphics, because although image quality in general still improves, increase in details and such are becoming more and more incremental instead of being true generational leaps. And so subtlety comes into play, with things like HDR, raytracing technology and all those kinds of tweaks.
But who knows, maybe I've spoken too soon, and the Xbox Series X and the PS5 are going to completely blow us away after all, so I may be surprised yet...
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@ThanosReXXX Unfortunately like a lot of things, some aspects of the internet seem to have elephant memories. I did find some criticism of her Captain Marvel character from some fan perspectives that seemed legit though. That personally isn't a character I'm too familiar with from the comics. I'm fine with constructive criticism that I've found, though funnily enough the "constructive" part of that criticism is often lost on the internet.
@Heavyarms55 I think some of it depends on what corners of the internet we hang out in, but in general I do believe online etiquette has gone downhill. I think social media and only residing in echo chambers that have little variety are part of the problem. And heaven forbid if someone has a slightly different opinion from most of the status quo, has decent reasoning as to why and keeps the discussion civil, and yet is still treated like a heretic....
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