A few bug fixes and some useful BF2 patch download mirrors available courtesy of digg.com.
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Jul 05
Battlefield 2 Tips and Strategy
I’m a huge fan of EA Games’ Battlefield 2. I’ve played the entire series since my days working at the world’s largest independent game producer (EA!) where I could get discounted copies for my friends from the company store. Battlefield 2 is amazing fun, and I’m getting better and better as I tack on more hours of play time.
I’ve come up with a few simple strategies and tips to help you dominate the enemy and score yourself some points.
Always play in a squad
When I’m playing it seems like most players are playing solo, which makes absolutely no sense. Whether you create your own squad or join an existing one, always play as part of a squad. There is strength in numbers. Each squad leader is a mobile spawn point. This is good for a number of reasons. For example, if your squad leader is near a capture point when you respawn you’ll get credit for assisting the capture. That’s a free point for you. If the enemy has all the capture points you can still respawn with your squad leader if he evades death. If your squad stays together you’ll have automatic backup if you run into enemy forces. Let your buddy be the bullet sponge as you rack up the skulls. Chances are your squad will have several players with different “kits”. Maybe a couple medics, support, engineer, etc. This will keep you patched up with health kits, ammo kits, and repairs. If you’re the one dropping health or ammo kits you’ll rack up points when your squad members pick up your gear. You’ll also get two points for reviving team mates (with shock paddles no less), so if you roll with a squad you’ll have plenty of opportunity to get revive points. Always play in a squad. Squad players routinely top the score board.
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Jun 05
U.S. Resumes Plutonium 238 Production
Good story via. The federal government is gearing up to build 330 pounds of plutonium, which will be used to power spy devices. Maybe sonar listening posts or underwater tracking devices in the ocean around Japan and China? Or tiny satellites? Who knows.
Federal and private experts unconnected to the project said the new plutonium would probably power devices for conducting espionage on land and under the sea. Even if no formal plans now exist to use the plutonium in space for military purposes, these experts said that the material could be used by the military to power compact spy satellites that would be hard for adversaries to track, evade or destroy.
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Jun 05
Mike Tyson
In the sweaty aftermath, Tyson was gracious to his opponent and stayed around to browse his own psyche one last time. “I’m a peasant,” he said. “At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.”
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Jun 05
A new interpretation of pr0n regulations
Via metafilter, the Department of Justice is changing how it enforces laws governing adult material on the web. From Wired, “Under penalty of federal prison terms, new interpretations of existing regulations would require sites that feature photographs or videos of sexual activity to keep records confirming that performers are of legal age.” I guess this means that anyone who has a website featuring adult material must keep complete records of any person depicted. I’m curious how this will effect the adult industry as adult media is treated essentially as a commodity.
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Jun 05
Scalia on YOUR side
In reading about the Supreme Court decision to support local powers of eminent domain I found myself in the somewhat unusual position of agreeing with the more conservative members of the court like Scalia. Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes (via robotwisdom):
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Jun 05
The ‘Great War’
What do we really ever know about history? What do we know about what’s happening today? How should we act when we have no way of knowing the ripples each action causes?
Winston Churchill, 1936:
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Jun 05
Today’s quotation
Courtesy of my personalized google page.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
– George Bernard Shaw