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    North Korea

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 20280.html
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    North Korea

    That was Thailand.
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    North Korea

    Nasty shit did happen from the South, like this. One of the reasons most Koreans in Japan supported the North until the 80s. The Emperor of Japan told them to surrender, and his generals took all the blames for the war crimes. If an American bombing accidentally killed the Emperor and his...
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    Serial vs. Parallel, Analog vs. Digital

    Not necessary - the VGA is analog but you can also consider it a "parallel" cable since multiple color are sent over different wires at the same time. The simplest distinction between digital and analog - if the electrical signal has a standard and reliable process to be converted to and from...
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    The Rise of China

    Seriously? You take that one side crap piece of op-ed seriously? Why don't anyone give a single example of ROC or PRC making any new claim on land that wasn't claimed since the end of WW2?
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    Upgrade CPU For Gaming?

    I have a similar CPU (3Ghz Core2) and GPU upgrade should help. With an AMD 6850 Skyrim ran fine in 1920x1200 but I can't use the high-res texture pack due to only having 4G RAM.
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    All this talk about 4K TV sets when 1080p or 1080i is not even 100% out there yet.

    LG 30" 4K panel, coming to my desktop soon I hope? http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/385542 ... t-ces-2013 We can already buy 10" tablet for $400 with same res as a Dell U3011. It's about time they go higher.
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    Don't use ironman mode yet. There are quite a few game killing bugs reported. http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.ph ... ug-Reports http://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/1 ... king_bugs/
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    The Rise of China

    They don't worth much if they can be easily revised. From the man likely to be next Prime Minister of Japan: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49087203/ns ... next-govt/
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    The Rise of China

    And he wrote this on a Japanese newspaper today: http://english.donga.com/srv/service.ph ... 2092993828 I would note that the report of removal of books in China was probably premature. Newspaper from Hong Kong say the book stores in Beijing still have normal stocks of translated Japanese...
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    The Rise of China

    http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/fore ... should.htm From Taiwan ROC President:
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    The Rise of China

    May be you are the one inside a propaganda bubble? Is the Taiwan ROC President some ignorant peasant too? Back in the 70s he was another young activist protesting against Japan over the island, and now his coast guard ships were shooting water with Japanese coast guards. In Hong Kong today...
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    It is actually rather easy when you remember where the alien spawn and plan accordingly - i.e. cheating, but it is hard to "forget" where they spawn since the demo mission is scripted. The aliens are most vulnerable in the turn when they first appeared because they do not shot or over watch...
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    You may need to unplug the joystick. I had joystick input stuck problem in the option menu.
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    3 part video from Official Xbox Mag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KPGHW1A2hI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzi92OGGT8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGt8e3vG3xw I really like the new geoscape when you skip time and sending planes, with clouds and lighted cities.
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    They shown an escape from a mission on PAX day 3: http://en.twitch.tv/2k/b/330851810 at 1:54:19. Biggest incentive is to save your elite soldier from certain death.
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    Wait low HW requirement and recommend DirectX9, but requires Vista or 7? It probably run fine on XP but can be a problem for a few people.
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    Pre-order at 49.99 http://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/ Or at 44.99 http://www.amazon.com/2K-Games-41071emy ... 008ALU5KG/ First time seeing this unlocking bonus base on pre-order numbers.
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    PAX day 2: 1st MP game at 23:0, but it disconnected in mid-game. 2nd MP game at 1:12:20. Art book stuff at 1:36:30. PC game play at 2:46:54. XCOM panel at 3:27:40 http://www.twitch.tv/2k/b/330728983
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    XCOM Enemy Unknown

    XCOM demo at PAX, actual multiplayer game 1 starts at about 54:00, game 2 at 1:59:00, PC mouse & keyboard UI at 3:48:30 http://www.twitch.tv/2k/b/330605570