Don’t normally go in for posting the results to quizes, or taking them much, but this one seemed interesting. There were several movies I wouldn’t put on a top list, but even Apocolypse Now I didn’t really hate, it was more a what ever. I didn’t coun’t movies that I recall seeing bits of on TV but don’t recall a lot about. Far too often that’s just from seeing clips on other things.
Attempts to get Knoppmyth installed on the new box have failed so far. Tried installing R5B7 version which installed fine, and would begin recording but about an hour in IVTV would stop passing data and nothing would get it back. Tried a couple of times, and did a search but all found was stuff on the mythtv developer list and I’m not quite ready to begin hacking mythtv itself.
So I burned a copy of R5A30 and I’m trying that, hopefully it has a different version fo IVTV which might not have the same problem. It’s installing as we speak, or really finishing installing. There’s the menu now.
A few weeks ago I came across an article that was all shocked and excited that actual real life families separated by hundreds or thousands of miles might regularly reunite on MMORPGs and do virtual things together. Meanwhile sharing gossip and new about real life. I can’t figure out why this is either news or shocking.
Whenever you are separated from someone you care about by disatance or something similiar the main barrier to forming strong relationships is a lack of shared experience. MMORPGs (or online games in general) provide a place where shared experience can be built without distance being a factor. Its not the same shared experience one my garner by sharing meals, but it is a way to maintain a real relationship with someone who is not near you.
As gamers age and move around this will not be considered odd. I have a group of friends who’s main shared experience is through the medium of computer games and twice annual computer game gatherings. It is the only group of friends I know that has stayed together even though they are spread from Texas to upstate New York.