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I recently spoke with an Amazon employee who was working from home in Tennessee, in the middle of nowhere, in aforementioned state. Really? Whenever I call any non-local Customer Service agent, I always ask, "Just out of curiosity, where are you geographically"? (I'll shoot-the-breeze with 'em briefly, most of the time. I learned from a Customer Service agent that cricket is the 'national pastime' in India. I suppose I shoulda known that. I think it was an HP rep in the Philippines, but I was askin' him about the facility where he worked, and he was in some sort of huge Customer Service compound, comprised of thousands of employees in numerous large building from different companies. Anyway, I often times find the conversations interesting). I haven't spoken with an Amazon Rep in the U.S. for years, and I call them often enough. I usually get someone in the Philippines, Malaysia, and even got Uruguay just the other day. But the interesting thing was the survey at the end of the call. I wish I woulda takin' a screenshot of it (but I spaced it, as usual ). Anyway, I had never seen this survey from Amazon. The question that stuck-out the most for me was, "Was the representative easy to understand"? (Yes, they were)! I put in the comment section I was glad they had employed a U.S. Citizen who resides in the U.S. I went on to say I had always received very good service from their overseas employees, but in general, they were more difficult for me to understand, and in some cases it's more difficult to resolve a more complicated issue with someone who's native language isn't English. I added that I realize the overseas folks want a nice, non-poverty life, too, but I was still appreciative they had employed a residing U.S. citizen (whom I had no difficultly in understanding). Plus, since I seem to enjoy flappin'-my-jaw a lot, I can make jokes the foreigner would probably not understand. I could ask the Tennessee guy if he had a still, watched NASCAR and Jerry Springer re-runs all day on a small TV with a coat-hanger for an antenna, or any other crazy-ass stuff, and he'd get it. P.S. When I worked for Goodrich (not BF Goodrich) at one of their Aerospace divisions, we had a 'Platinum' Contract with Dell (we leased PC's, and replaced every employees PC every 3 years). Part of the Platinum package was, whenever we called Tech Support, we were always routed to someone in the U.S. (They manufactured Jet Fighter Ejection Seats there. BTW, a nice Ejection Seat costs way more than the average house).

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lordmonkus said R-Type Dimensions for something like 3$. It's R-Type 1 & 2 and you can swap (on the fly) between original graphics and modern slick graphics, really well done. Thanks, LM. The cheapest I was able to find it was for $10 on Amazon (Digital Code 'version', whatever that is (non-physical copy on PSN?))

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AutumnSounds said Oh my gosh! Can we just take a moment to appreciate that this R-TYPE animation is a thing and exists? And the heroin saves the cocky boy! Dang, there's a fairly recent Sci-Fi film where that happens (there are probably groups of 'em)??? Side Note about cocky people: I'd have to admit, Testosterone has played a part in many of my life's trials and tribulations (self-inflicted). I have Super R-Type for the SNES, but haven't played it for years. That animation you posted seemed pretty spot-on, as best as I can recall. I remember when that game was released, many buyers were complaining about how if there was a lot of things going-on on the screen, the game would slow-down quite noticeably.

Me, too. I'm currently absorbing the Witch novels. Ya gotta love Granny Weatherwax!

If your current A/V solution doesn't offer a Bootable Flash-Drive option (only Rescue CD's) with current Virus Definitions, you may like this idea. Rufus (it's Free) + Avira A/V (Free or Pro) = Up-to-Date (even w/o Internet), Bootable, Anti-Virus Flash/USB Drive Rufus will 'prepare' your Drive to be Bootable using Ubuntu, and add Avira's A/V Definitions (it will retrieve current Definitions (on next Boot) from the installed Avira application). [Obviously, Avira needs to be installed ] Snag the ISO file for the Avira Rescue System, and when you run Rufus, point it to that ISO file. When you Boot off the prepared USB Drive, a nice 'n slick Ubuntu GUI will appear. Done!

Google puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat! But, now there's Atlas. In the 2nd half of the video (2'4" in), a guy knocks Atlas over - it's interesting the way it gets back-up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlhMGQgDkY P.S. As you may know, Google bought Boston Dynamics back in December '13, but Toyota or Amazon could be interested in the purchase.

Rincewind! A Terry Pratchett fan, I presume?

Some old, some new, some just plain unbelievable. Not Their Day to Die

P.S. Most expensive things ever sold on Ebay (To include two towns)!

SentaiBrad said Only. Well, this Forum currently has 4498 members, so if we all kick-in, it'd only be <$22.18 for each of us, and the LaunchBox Forum could own it.

The real action starts at about 1'20". Perhaps not for the faint-hearted, though... World's Safest Slingshot

I try (weakly) not to be a "Material Boy", but this would be awesome to own. (This is just one angle; there's much more)! $99,750

lordmonkus said Damn that looks uncomfortable to hold on to. Good call, lordmonkus, I'd say. It certainly looks it, and one of the reviewers on Amazon did say it was quite uncomfortable.

Masocore Games (Video Games so Tough, they Teach You to Win in Real Life)

Enter Promo Code EMCEJFH69 when you checkout. I didn't actually buy it, but I went through the motions, and the discount was applied. Available on PC, PS4, or Xbox One. (Click on Pic)

One of the biggest setbacks for the Xbox One's Backwards Compatibility feature was the lack of multi-disc support. This meant that games requiring more than one disc on the Xbox 360 were not playable on the Xbox One. But now they are! Xbox One's Backwards Compatibility

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Intellivision Flashback Console Only $44.95 (Available on Amazon, too. There's also one for Atari (w/Wireless Controllers!) and ColecoVision). Perhaps a good gift for a youngin' who's interested in Retro-Gaming, and wants their own device. This Link could be a good source for the LaunchBox Games Db as far as Intellivision goes, as there are Links to PDF files of the Instruction Booklets and JPG Controller Overlay graphics. P.S. Maybe I shoulda posted this in Monkeys...

Sounds kinda metaphysical... Wait, I don't even know what metaphysical means. Game Philosophy Network

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