Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising Review

Here's a quick review.

You cannot select a different weapon while moving.

You cannot order your team to take cover so they get shot.

Controls are dumb

ARMA2 is way better.

Peoeple are crying that it's too hard and that ARMA2's menu's are too complex. Come on! A military simulation should have tons of options and menus. In Arma2, you can order your squad to do whatever you want.

Lastly, OPF2 feels more like FarCry 2 than a sequel to Operation Flashpoint. Codemasters. Enough said.

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Magnetic Balls - Play with them!

You can make some really cool shapes with these magnetic balls. These also go by the name "Neo Cubes". Takes a little practice so don't expect to be able to make a cube right off the bat. These are magnets after all and they attract and repel each other. Still, you can blow many hours with these.

You can get them here at thinkgeek.com

Starwars Force Trainer - use your mind!

The Star Wars Force Trainer lets your kids practice the ol’ Jedi Mind Trick for real. You may have seen this showcased at CES but now it’s available to buy, finally. You put on the headset and use your brain to make the ball in the tube levitate. No wires, no tricks. Really! You use your head to send brainwaves to the ball and a tiny jet of air underneath the ball responds to your brain. How exactly does the Star Wars Force Trainer work? Here’s how:

Depending on the amount of Midichlorians you have in your cells, each of you possess differing abilities to control your brainwaves. Using dry sensor technology, the Force Trainer can determine the differences between the alpha, beta, gamma and delta waves present in your brain. You can control these different brain ’states’ by using your ability to focus and to concentrate. A micro-chip inside the Force Trainer then uses an algorithm to figure out which brain state you are in and then decides how to raise or lower the ball based on that state.

It looks like a lot of fun, not just for kids but for adults (party game anyone?). It will definitely impress the ladies. There are 15 levels of Force training that the Force Trainer will guide you through, voiced by Yoda and complete with Star Wars sound effects to confirm accomplishment and provide encouragement throughout your training. May the Force be with you.

Star Wars Force Trainer product page

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Kasparov versus The World

Kasparov versus The World was a game of chess played in 1999 over the Internet. Conducting the white pieces, Garry Kasparov faced the rest of the world in consultation, with the World Team moves to be decided by plurality vote. Over 50,000 individuals from more than 75 countries participated in the game. The host and promoter of the match was the MSN Gaming Zone, with sponsorship from the bank First USA.After 62 moves played over four months Kasparov won the game. In his words:

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Being a computer guy doesn't mean free tech-support for friends and relatives

I'm sick and tired of people assuming that I will fix their computer problems just because I'm a family member or friend who happens to be in the computer field.

I cant think of any other profession where this kind of service is expected. Being a computer professional, I'm always asked if I can "look at" someones PC. Often times I get calls from people who I haven't spoken to in months just because they are in a bind. They are too stupid to realize that visiting porno sites and clicking on pop up ads will cause all sorts of PC problems. They never-ever try to reboot before calling you. They'll stare at their monitors for hours in frustration. (Some people actually think the monitor is the computer)

How many friends do you have that will come over to your house when you toilet is backed up and fix it for you? Of course if a computer guy like me calls upon a friend who has connections in the manual labor field, it never guarantees that they'll come over and put up new drywall for free.

Why are computer guys always expected to give out free service to our idiot friends and families? I guess people feel that computer work isn't real work yet they fail to realize that our hourly wages are more than they make in a day. It's these same people who don't have a clue on how crappy it is to have to reinstall Windows XP for them and get all their hardware, drivers, and software set back up while ensuring that their precious MP3 files remain intact.

I'm through giving out free tech support to family and friends.

*Top 10 rules for computer-illiterate friends and family*

1. If your computer isn't working, reboot it.
2. Nero is not for you.
3. Don't click on shit that you do not fully understand on the web.
4. Don't download something onto your computer unless you understand what a "folder" is and how to navigate to it.
5. Don't buy a piece of shit computer for $499 from Dell or HP with tons of useless shit on it.
6. Don't expect to run an EBay business on your new computer.
7. Don't shutdown the computer by pulling the power cable. You may just have to hold down the power button if your computer is frozen.
8. Run MSCONFIG and disable the 100 things that start up automatically when you boot.
9. No - you did NOT just win a free IPOD. You just won some free spam and spyware.
10. Don't call me.

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