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Football Thread 2014/2015 |OT11| This Is Our Year!

What a night.

First i had a dream about me going to tokyo snd meeting robben. That was awesome. Woke up at 2:30 tho. And now i just got woken up by a call at 5:30 by a friend, crying, tell me she broke up with her boyfriend.

Dat early morning drama.

I support Bayern. Embrace me.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
That Inter kit is truly beautiful. Don't hate me, Yurt and Zabo-chan.

Inter always had nice shirts.

That's a beauty of a shirt. ��
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jts

...hate me...
I also dig that Inter shirt. In fact, I own an Inter shirt from some other season
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What a night.

First i had a dream about me going to tokyo snd meeting robben. That was awesome. Woke up at 2:30 tho. And now i just got woken up by a call at 5:30 by a friend, crying, tell me she broke up with her boyfriend.

Dat early morning drama.

I support Bayern. Embrace me.
Yours,

Franck.
 

jts

...hate me...
Shit I am learning about Always Sunny.

The waitress is Charlie's wife IRL. OH MY GOD

Dee is Mac's wife IRL. OH MY GOD

The pharmacist is Dennis' wife IRL. Well, she only shows up in like one episode or so but still. OMG. Of course he had to have a hottie though.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
South Park: TSOT done, loved it, on to Left Behind, which should be a breeze. Not sure what to tackle next. I'm not a shooter dudebro, but I keep hearing good things about Wolfenstein: TNO. I think I might that a go, unless someone has a better suggestion, as long as it's not DAI.
I've yet to try it (32 bit lol) but the Wolfenstein series never felt like a dudebro shooter to me, more like a switch your mind off fun ride. I'm not saying it's going to be as fucking brilliant as Bulletstorm, but it could be!

The pharmacist is Dennis' wife IRL. Well, she only shows up in like one episode or so but still. OMG. Of course he had to have a hottie though.

the one in the The D.E.N.N.I.S. System episode? :lol she looked Italian to me, is she?

I didn't find that sketch particularly funny, but his "let's go eat on my bed" part fucking killed me :lol :lol because I (almost) ALWAYS do that :lol but hey at least I have a TV over there so it's not that obvious! :p
 

jts

...hate me...
the one in the The D.E.N.N.I.S. System episode? :lol she looked Italian to me, is she?

I didn't find that sketch particularly funny, but his "let's go eat on my bed" part fucking killed me :lol :lol because I (almost) ALWAYS do it :lol but hey at least I have a TV over there so it's not that obvious! :p

Yes, that one. Hot! Her name is Jill Latiano and she's from NY, so yeah dem Italian genes.

What I loved in that episode was the complete backfire on Dennis. And of course, Charlie demonstrating his value :p
 

Linius

Member
It would really suck if the new Z4 devices arrive in like may or june. I need a new contract before april 23d. And I don't want a Z3 right before something new releases, knowing it will need to last me two years as well. This shuffle up in release dates didn't do me much good Sony :(
 

Linius

Member
Can you just not renew your contract until the Z4 comes out and use a prepaid phone service for the meantime?

Yeah, but then I'd have to leave my carrier and lose my number and everything. Either way it's just not practical. I'll just hold on till the MWC in march and see what will be announced before I make any decisions. But I'm never gonna get an expensive phone just before the new one comes out. If it comes to that I'll have to resort to prepaid I guess. Which would mean I get a prepaid number for a couple of months and then a new number again once I get a new contract.

If it comes to that I'll see if there aren't any easier ways to do this.

EDIT

Apparently it's possible to keep a prepaid number and take it with you to a new contract. Wonder if it's also possible the other way around.


It's pretty easy actually. It's possible to let my current contract flow into a sim-only contract. Which actually isn't much of a contract because you can get rid of it each month, you're not stuck for 1 or 2 years.
 
Wimbledon

Exactly.

If we even draw that match, we are fucked. Confidence destroyed, Rodgers under even more severe pressure, the mood around the club just negative everywhere. And who does what needs to be done to avoid that shitstorm? Steven fucking Gerrard.

Yesterday's match says it all about our lack of reliable end product throughout the team aside from Sturridge and Gerrard. Regardless of the fact that we should have beaten Wimbledon comfortably, we didn't, and we relied as we have so often over the last 11 or so years on Gerrard to come up with the moments that turn absolute shit performances into close wins.

We are going to miss that, badly. Even now that his legs have all but given up on him.



South Park:SoT is £9.99 in Sainsburys btw, just picked it up
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Yeah, but then I'd have to leave my carrier and lose my number and everything. Either way it's just not practical. I'll just hold on till the MWC in march and see what will be announced before I make any decisions. But I'm never gonna get an expensive phone just before the new one comes out. If it comes to that I'll have to resort to prepaid I guess. Which would mean I get a prepaid number for a couple of months and then a new number again once I get a new contract.

If it comes to that I'll see if there aren't any easier ways to do this.
EDIT

Apparently it's possible to keep a prepaid number and take it with you to a new contract. Wonder if it's also possible the other way around.
It's pretty easy actually. It's possible to let my current contract flow into a sim-only contract. Which actually isn't much of a contract because you can get rid of it each month, you're not stuck for 1 or 2 years.

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are you done editing
 

jts

...hate me...
SPOILARS OMG I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SEAN COMBS A.K.A. PUFF DADDY A.K.A. P. DIDDY WAS IN SUNNY

j/k have seen that gif many times.

Just saw the episode in the Jersey Shore. Not outrageously funny, but still funny and very crazy 7/10 :D The waitress is such a hopeless bitch though :(
 

Linius

Member
Bet it still has a fucking ridiculous volume limiter. Like your music reasonably loud? Tough shit.

I don't know about. My iPod has a limit, but if I'd listen to music trough my headphones on that volume I'd be deaf in a matter of weeks.

These limits are there for a reason eh, some people don't what's good for their own health.
 
I don't know about. My iPod has a limit, but if I'd listen to music trough my headphones on that volume I'd be deaf in a matter of weeks.

These limits are there for a reason eh, some people don't what's good for their own health.

The limiter on modern Walkmen is notoriously bad for it I think
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Audiophiles m8

People who spend thousands to buy marginally better speakers than the one they already have.

the only thing I care about when I'm buying speakers/headphones is how cool they look

Viva is right, I might as well be a Fast & Furious arsecunt :(
 

Linius

Member
Audiophiles m8

People who spend thousands to buy marginally better speakers than the one they already have.

Yeah I know there's an uppity market for audiophile tech. But that's the kind of stuff you usually don't come across as a regular customer. Sony is gonna sell these walkman's in your regular electronic stores and webshops, they aim for a big audience. But I wonder if many people will jump on it. When I look around me I see people primarely use their smartphone as an MP3 player these days. Dedicated MP3 players around 300/400 euros are already pushing it.

To be fair, if I were a rich mofo I would have probably pre-ordered it already. I listen to about three or four albums a day on average trough a portable music device, so it's basically my most used tech device. But there's only a small percentage of people who can afford such a device for this prize.
 

jts

...hate me...
You guys saw that 1200 euro walkman Sony announced? Who the hell buys a 1200 euro walkman?
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And that ludicrous size
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(where the fuck is the AVB cringing face)

If you're making a dedicated music player, it should be compact, even if it's high-end. Should've just built the tech into a phone tbh.
 

Linius

Member
And that ludicrous size
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(where the fuck is the AVB cringing face)

If you're making a dedicated music player, it should be compact, even if it's high-end. Should've just built the tech into a phone tbh.

No, never ever build it into a phone. It fucking drains the battery life. As I said above, I listen to a lot of music during the day. If I would do that on my phone the battery would die halfway trough my day. With the current battery standard at least. Maybe in the future that could work, but for now it's a no go.

And I'm not even concerned with the size. It's about the same as the iPod Classic. Which has never been a burden to me. Smaller can be better, but this is not too big imo.

http://www.sony.nl/electronics/hd-walkman-digitale-muziekspelers/nwz-a-series

I like this one by the way. A very affordable dedicated audio device. Doesn't run on Android, got nothing fancy about it. But the sound quality should be great.
 
And that ludicrous size
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(where the fuck is the AVB cringing face)

If you're making a dedicated music player, it should be compact, even if it's high-end. Should've just built the tech into a phone tbh.

Yeah I know there's an uppity market for audiophile tech. But that's the kind of stuff you usually don't come across as a regular customer. Sony is gonna sell these walkman's in your regular electronic stores and webshops, they aim for a big audience. But I wonder if many people will jump on it. When I look around me I see people primarely use their smartphone as an MP3 player these days. Dedicated MP3 players around 300/400 euros are already pushing it.

To be fair, if I were a rich mofo I would have probably pre-ordered it already. I listen to about three or four albums a day on average trough a portable music device, so it's basically my most used tech device. But there's only a small percentage of people who can afford such a device for this prize.
I think it will sell fine. If there's a market for 1000 dollar headphones, why won't there be one for walkmans?

Sony is already in the high end/fucking overpriced headphones market anyway. Maybe they know something we don't. :p
 

Yurt

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Sony's business decisions are mind-boggling at times

hiring Odd was probably the only positive thing they did in the last five years
 

Linius

Member
I really do hope Sony make profits on their audio gear because it's a positive thing to see a company making dedicated audio devices again. Other companies will follow if people start buying it again. And with Apple killing their best audio device the market can use some fresh new ones.
 

jts

...hate me...
I really do hope Sony make profits on their audio gear because it's a positive thing to see a company making dedicated audio devices again. Other companies will follow if people start buying it again. And with Apple killing their best audio device the market can use some fresh new ones.

That market is very small though. People want convenience more than anything else.

Maybe that's why they made a $1000+ device. From whatever is left of the dedicated music player market, like FlutterPuffs said a good chunk are high-end audiophiles who don't care about shelling out the dough for the best device (I still think it is too chunky though... sooo thick, probably double the iPod Classic thickness m8).

The last dedicated PMP I bought for myself was an iPod mini 4GB back in 2004 or so... lol. Fucking 10 years since, I can't believe it.
 

Linius

Member
Didn't realize it was that thick. And I care about high quality music, I just don't have the buck to support tech like that
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Meanwhile there's been a fire at our stadium last night.

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They're not sure how the fire started. Luckily they had it under control rather quickly. No one was present at the stadium when the fire started.
 
That market is very small though. People want convenience more than anything else.

Maybe that's why they made a $1000+ device. From whatever is left of the dedicated music player market, like FlutterPuffs said a good chunk are high-end audiophiles who don't care about shelling out the dough for the best device (I still think it is too chunky though... sooo thick, probably double the iPod Classic thickness m8).

The last dedicated PMP I bought for myself was an iPod mini 4GB back in 2004 or so... lol. Fucking 10 years since, I can't believe it.

I'm still using my 3rd Gen ipod touch.
 

El Topo

Member
The Ghost in the Shell thread in OT just makes me cringe. The way some talk about the movie as if it was this incredibly deep, philosophical experience.
 

Zabojnik

Member
The Ghost in the Shell thread in OT just makes me cringe. The way some talk about the movie as if it was this incredibly deep, philosophical experience.

You could say that about 99% of all movies though, as even the most masturbatory ones are shallow when compared to, say, philosophical literature. As anime (and films in general, actually) go, GitS is pretty 'deep'. I'd rather they didn't fuck it up, which they probably will. Of course, GitS was a much more powerful vision of the future when it was released, almost 20 years ago. It's been cannibalized to death since.
 
Liverpool Said to Seek More From Sponsors as Gerrard Out

Liverpool is demanding an increased amount from potential shirt sponsors even as the English Premier League soccer team faces a future without its two most-marketable players.

The team has been seeking as much as 30 million pounds ($46 million) a year from its main shirt sponsor for the 2016 season, from the current 20 million pounds, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Standard Chartered Plc is interested in remaining on the jerseys, while other companies, including Japan’s Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604), have been approached, people with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified because the discussions are confidential.

Good luck with that.
 

El Topo

Member
You could say that about 99% of all movies though, as even the most masturbatory ones are shallow when compared to, say, philosophical literature. As anime (and films in general, actually) go, GitS is pretty 'deep'. I'd rather they didn't fuck it up, which they probably will. Of course, it was a much more powerful vision of the future when it was released, almost 20 years ago.

Even back then its vision wasn't all that new, if we count sci-fi literature, although I admit for a movie (and anime) it was fresh. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movie and due to the nature of its story/setting it touches various questions, but it's not subtle about it* and it never goes far enough to be considered 'deep'. It's a pretty good movie by reasonable standards though, not too much cringeworthy shit that can be found in most other work of its genre, great soundtrack, never overstays its welcome.

It's a great movie, why can't people be happy about that?

*While there are interesting implications and questions of the setting that are (mostly) never mentioned, that doesn't mean that the movie gets credit for it (from me).
 

Linius

Member
Even back then its vision wasn't all that new, if we count sci-fi literature, although I admit for a movie (and anime) it was fresh. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movie and due to the nature of its story/setting it touches various questions, but it's not subtle about it* and it never goes far enough to be considered 'deep'. It's a pretty good movie by reasonable standards though, not too much cringeworthy shit that can be found in most other work of its genre, great soundtrack, never overstays its welcome.

*While there are interesting implications and questions of the setting that are (mostly) never mentioned, that doesn't mean that the movie gets credit for it (from me).

You're on the internet. On a discussion board. What else would you expect from people? :p
 

Yurt

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Even back then its vision wasn't all that new, if we count sci-fi literature, although I admit for a movie (and anime) it was fresh. Don't get me wrong, I really like the movie and due to the nature of its story/setting it touches various questions, but it's not subtle about it* and it never goes far enough to be considered 'deep'. It's a pretty good movie by reasonable standards though, not too much cringeworthy shit that can be found in most other work of its genre, great soundtrack, never overstays its welcome.

It's a great movie, why can't people be happy about that?

*While there are interesting implications and questions of the setting that are (mostly) never mentioned, that doesn't mean that the movie gets credit for it (from me).
when a cartoon character is naked, it's cringeworthy.
 
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