Here is an off-line version of eve for when your bored or can’t play EVE and really want to.
Thank you Krxon Blade
The day is here, and I can’t play so I though I would write a post on some EVE happenings. EVE Trinity expansion is currently in the process of being loaded. There are a whole lot of people in Iceland who will not be getting any sleep over the next twenty-four hours. The creators of EVE, CCP are in Iceland and started their update at 0200 GMT. Trinity is EVE‘s largest updates to date. One of the most major changes that they are adding is a new graphics engine. I finally got around to watching their Trinity Trailer and wow, what an improvement. I can’t wait to see this live in action. The trailer in the link provided is actual in-game footage! The game play look is nice now, but wow.
That is only one of many things being added. There are new ships being added and a tonne of fixes. If you haven’t played EVE or haven’t been there in a while, go back after this update, the game rocks.
For those of you saying, “I just don’t have the time to commit to a game to make it anywhere useful.”
That is hogwash! All the skill advancements in EVE are time based, they take x amount of time to complete if you are logged in or not. I have set long training skills, like 35 days and let my subscription expire to take a break from the game. A month later I re-subscribed and my skill is almost done. Not even paying for the game and the skill still advances! Great for casual players, like me, with kids wifes, f’d up job, etc. The down side to this of course is that you can’t play straight for a week and become uber like in so many other games. EVE is unlike other games in other ways: There is only one world. The last record set by EVE was around 37,500 players logged in at once. To a geek like me that is impressive. In case you are wondering other games like WoW, max out each “realm” at five to ten thousand players.
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If you are new to EVE and are looking for some tools to help you calculate training time, training completion time in your time zone, mining rate, etc., visit my EVE-IGBTools site. I am always looking for new ideas to enhance the site. Well, this fall I have been trying to find time too. I miss programming, I wish my life would allow me the time to do it. Kids and family come first though, and I don’t regret it.
Here is a link to a higher res version of the Trinity Trailer.
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You know, now that I think about it, I saw a commercial the other day for WoW on TV. That in itself surprised me, but what surprised me even more was their spokes person, William Shatner. I think Bill would make a better spokesperson for EVE, being space and all… Of course at this stage, I think he could fill most spokesperson positions.
So, for now it’s over. The drama between Comcast and Vonage is closed. It seems Comcast finally got their shit together and all the previous issues are gone. What a pain in the ass, I am glad it may be past us. The moral to this story is, if you need something done at Comcast, and they keep dropping the ball, get the FCC involved, they will contact senior offices and they will have to do something, I guess–Well it worked in this case anyway.
Yes it’s true, the porting issue with Comcast may actually be over. For a refresher you can look here, or here. The lady given our case from the executive office of Comcast has been pretty punctual at calling us every couple of days. Unfortunately it’s to tell us they are still working on it. It must of been really messed up because it took Comcast over two months to straighten this out. Last week some time we received the call we’ve been waiting for, that they have fixed the issue and that Comcast has no record anywhere of having control of our phone number. Well I hope it’s true–Now that I think of it, I never did ask if my in-laws, Comcast phone users, where able to call me yet.
I would like to get a Wii for my son this Christmas (OK, for me too), but it doesn’t look like they are going to be available anywhere. It doesn’t seems any stores are selling them, and the places online who are selling them, are charging too much. What gives, what is with this consistent Wii shortage? Some may say that it’s planed by Nintendo, but what do they have to gain, people want it, lots of people do, but they can’t get it. We are members of the YMCA, they have a Wii in the kids area and all the kids love it. Even they would like to buy a second (or third) machine, but can’t because they can’t find them. This is really frustrating.
The saga continues! Calling Comcast support still hasn’t progressed anywhere with my wife or I so I had a new idea, contact the FCC. Now I understand the need for the FCC, but I haven’t been a big fan since the day they raided a friends house and removed thousands of dollars in high-energy equipment for disturbing local radio communication. And yes, he ignored their prior warnings. 🙂
I went to the FCC website and sent a complaint about Comcast for basic harassment, since they kept giving our phone number to their new clients and causing us grief.
Guess what, it actually worked! On Thursday(11/1) we received a phone call from the executive office of Comcast indicating to us that they have received an letter from the FCC about our issue and will get it fixed straight away. We received an update that night that they where unable to complete the update but will continue to try. No phone call received on Friday, so believe me I will be following up on Monday morning. Yes, the representative from Comcast gave me their contact information. Hopefully they can finally get our phone number fully ported out of their systems.
By the way, Digital broadcast is a reality and by February 17, 2009 analog T.V.’s will be useless unless they are setup to receive a digital broadcast signal. Bastards. http://dtv.com
I just read an article in the Daily Southtown which says the Blackhawks are returning to the air when the are at home! All I have to say to this is, thank you Rocky Wirtz, may you run the Blackawks as a 2010 company not a 1966 company.
While talking to a friend today via IM, an interesting thing was said,
“The Four Corners of the Round Table.”
Basically it was part of many statement this person had to memorize long ago for a talent show. The statement was,
“thank you for your kind attention and now pronounce the next act… The four corners of the round table.”
Nonetheless I really like the statement, it fits me pretty well. I will have to use it, as a title or statement no less.
I can’t believe it, yet again Comcast has tried to assign our phone number to a new client. This has been going on for over three years now. A while back I used Comcast phone service along with their data and cable. The phone service was no better or cheaper then Ameritech, so bailed (which they didn’t care at all when I left, nothing like customer retention). I switched off of Comcast to go to Vonage and ported my number over to Vonage. I filled out the needed paperwork and faxed it in, and Vonage took care of re-addressing my phone number to their network, or however that is done in telephony land. It took almost a month for Comcast to release the number, I spent countless of hours on the phone with both carriers trying to figure out what is going on. Eventually, it was straightened out and I was well on my way to Vonage bliss.
At work some time later, I called home to say hi to my wife, I couldn’t get through! Forgot what the message was or whatever it was, but I could call home. So I get back on the phone with Vonage and Comcast to figure out what is going on. This goes back and forth, off and on for the next couple of months, until finally some smart person at Vonage figured it all out and called the right people at Comcast. It turns out that Comcast never marked my phone number as ported, or what ever they do there. I was told all is OK again. Things where working.
Couple months later my in-laws, who still use Comcast phone, could get through to us, they where getting a quick busy or somthing like that. It turns out that Comcast has assigned our phone number to a new client of theirs. It only effects Comcast customers now, within their network, as in reality they have no rights over the number and the rest of the world knows the number is routed to Vonage. Again they fix it and again it is screwed up, this has been going on and on, and on for years now.
Not sure if this will help at all, but I contacted the FCC and reported Comcast keeps re-assigning our phone number. We will see where it goes from here.
I can’t wait, this is going to be great. This Thursday, Friday and Saturday I will be taking care of my kids, solo, while my wife is out of town. Being the IT Slug that I am and commuting 3+ hours a day I don’t get a lot of time with my kids during the week. Now I have my chance. I am taking the next two days off from work and spending it at home. ahhhh.
It would be great if we could go somewhere, like Downtown Chicago or something, but my eldest has school and other after-school activities, so that is out. Weather report looks positive, I get out of work for a few days and my kids get to see how nuts their father is. Oh, in case you are wondering my sons are 5 years and 19 months. What a great age.
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