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delinquentunicorn: expresses an interest in animals “you should be a wildlife biologist!” expresses...

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:07:00 +0200

expresses an interest in animals

“you should be a wildlife biologist!”

expresses an interest in books

“you should be a novelist!”

expresses an interest in space

“you should be an astrophysicist!”

papillondemai: Caspar David Friedrich and Edward Lear :...

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:53:58 +0200

Friedrich's Moonrise Over the Sea. 1822

Lear's A View of the Nile above Aswan. 1873

Friedrich's Moonrise by The Sea. 1821

Friedrich's Boats in The Harbour at Evening. 1828

papillondemai:

Caspar David Friedrich and Edward Lear : The Sun, The Moon, and The Sea

“Solitude is indispensible for my dialogue with nature.”— Caspar David Friedrich

delphes: →DREAMCAST// movies about historical figures I’d like...

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:44:56 +0200

delphes:

→DREAMCAST// movies about historical figures I’d like to see.(totally inspired from Liona5’s serie)
//Ben Whishaw as Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was for many years an official in the Florentine Republic, with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He was a founder of modern political science, and more specifically political ethics. He also wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is renowned in the Italian language. He was Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power. He wrote his masterpiece, The Prince, after the Medici had recovered power and he no longer held a position of responsibility in Florence.

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Sat, 25 May 2013 02:50:39 +0200

psilentasincjelli: If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:47:38 +0200

psilentasincjelli:

If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking things online for about an hour immediately after that, I promise I wasn’t lying to you, I’m just bad at going to sleep and it is usually a long process that begins with disengaging from any sort of immediate contact with people (chats, for example) and ends when everything on my screen is blurry and I’m hallucinating plot points I haven’t written yet

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Sat, 25 May 2013 02:47:14 +0200

freedominwickedness: heirofmedusa: nepetaquest: angelfire93: ...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:46:45 +0200

freedominwickedness:

heirofmedusa:

nepetaquest:

angelfire93:

Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:

Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.

Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.

It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/

Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one

I’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/

So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…

The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attached

So imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?

Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.

Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.

An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.

Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listening

Source of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now, just two more things and I’ll be done here!

This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.

(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

And last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsets

Oh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty

Source of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrick

That is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.

We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.

If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.

Thank you, kindly.

~Dylan Jordan

(Originally posted on Facebook by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.)

TL;DR —The XBOX One is going to be a piece of shit and you really shouldn’t even remotely think about getting one.

So basically PC Gaming is where it’s gonna be at because the PS4 is fucking up by not being backward compatible with PS3 games…and the Xbox WhatsItsFuck REQUIRES an Internet connection to even function. And I never liked the Wii but it’s all good.

PC Gaming hooyah.

Here’s the thing: anyone who agrees that Microsoft is “shafting indie developers” by adopting a closed development model for the XBox One and yet owns anything made by Nintendo or Apple is a raging hypocrite.

That, and most of the points made by the OP aren’t actually anti-competitive or anti-customer in any way, they’re just gaming geek pet peeves being presented as if they were ethical imperatives. Backwards compatibility of games and forwards compatibility of existing accessories are not something you’re morally entitled to, they are features which some consoles happen to have and some consoles happen to not have.

Geez.

Hell is on earth

simplythebess: pluckypalaeontologist: pinecounty: necroluste:...

Sat, 25 May 2013 02:45:32 +0200

simplythebess:

pluckypalaeontologist:

pinecounty:

necroluste:

J.R.R Tolkien, looking at flowers.

Apparently people hated to go for walks with him because he would stop and look at every tree for like 20 minutes.

EXPLAINS THE BOOKS

^^^^ This

branstahk: the romanovs - a miniseries a would-be ten...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:02:48 +0200

branstahk:

the romanovs - a miniseries

a would-be ten part series detailing the beginning of a reign, and the end of an imperial dynasty.

nicholas II - chris pine
alexandra - emily blunt
grigori rasputin - viggo mortensen
olga - jennifer lawrence
tatiana- freya mavor
maria - lily collins
anastasia - hailee steinfeld
alexei - isaac hempstead-wright

Sabin Tambrea in Ludwig II (x)

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:21:36 +0200

Sabin Tambrea in Ludwig II (x)

pleoros: Julia Caffarena - Paris

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:13 +0200

pleoros:

Julia Caffarena - Paris

Instead of working… I know it’s bad… *Go to...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:14:00 +0200

Instead of working… I know it’s bad…
*Go to bed before being condemned*

awkwardsituationist: 98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:43:25 +0200

awkwardsituationist:

98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.

though a well known fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living instead off his monthly state pension of 80 euros.

shyfawkes: via Threats and Warnings on Bookplates-Part One at...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:42:10 +0200

shyfawkes:

via Threats and Warnings on Bookplates-Part One at Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie blog

tentacruels: olgie13: “This gorgeous Hälssen & Lyon...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:52 +0200

tentacruels:

olgie13:

“This gorgeous Hälssen & Lyon calendar is made of brewable tea. Each day is made of fine pressed wafer thin tea leaves.”

thatsmisslaratoyou: librium: classycarolinagirl: Beautiful....

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:47:39 +0200

thatsmisslaratoyou:

librium:

classycarolinagirl:

Beautiful. 100 points to theoceansandthecities

THE PART ABOUT DAISY IS SO DAMN RIDICULOUSLY ACCURATE.

TL;DR: GATSBY IS NOT A LOVE STORY, READ THE FUCKING BOOK.

neya-andy: Remake Project had been launched by the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:47:36 +0200

neya-andy:

Remake Project had been launched by the website Booooooom.com asking you to adapt a famous painting in photo.

Following the success and the many works submitted by users, the site is currently completing a compilation of the best projects in a self-published book. You have until February 22, 2013 to send your work.

“Self Portrait 1889″.Vincent van Gogh

“Pot Pourri”. Herbert James Draper

“Le Désespéré”. Gustave Courbet

« Weeping Woman”. Picasso

« Study for Portrait”. Francis Bacon

The Picasso one is brilliant.

TENOUTTATEN: michaonthemoon: yaoibutts: I love how potato in French is pomme de...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:29 +0200

TENOUTTATEN: michaonthemoon: yaoibutts: I love how potato in French is pomme de...:

michaonthemoon:

yaoibutts:

I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE…

poookielou: What are you going to look like when you’re...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:24:51 +0200

poookielou:

What are you going to look like when you’re older?

Like I’ve lived one hell of a life.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:27 +0200