Lately I have been listening to people bitch and moan about the new cafe standards for Cars and Trucks and how it is impossible for car companies to comply. Well I say bullshit and I say eff em. I don't claim to have any inside information and this is just a tin foil hat thing but the oil companies must be in bed with the automakers. Well the big automakers that is. We can start with the EV1 which was a sweet electric car that was made in 1996 (see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/ ). Yup.. they worked so well they destroyed them. Bet GM wishes they had those now. Well then there is the argument about safety and power blah blah blah. Well let us use another example. Let's take a H2. They get like 9 MPG if you are lucky and I think come with a 325 hp or 393 hp V8 in them. So gas guzzler central. There is no way to boost this things fuel economy right? Oh... wait check THIS...Read more... (1846 bytes more)
For those who want to hang out and talk during the day you can join us on irc.freenode.net in the channel #geekempire. There are tons of IRC clients out there to choose from but here are a few.
If you like Fieldrunners on your Iphone there is a similar game up on steam right now called Defense Grid: The Awakening on steam for $5. Be warned tower defense games are extremely addictive!!
For those who have been living in a cave should know that a sequel to the best game ever is coming out hopefully this year. And if you want to apply for the beta you need to go into your battle.net account and sign up. You need to do this through the computer you play from cause you have to submit system specs. Good luck and give us a shout if you get into the beta.
Thanks to @vtrooper for reminding us that today is Star Wars Day. I think to mark this occasion I am going to destroy the first 3 episodes to try and restore my love for Star Wars.
