Kevin W.
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Web Page: http://kwummy.com
Registered Since: 2007-09-19 21:43:24
Profile: Kevin resides in Chicago where he spends most of his day avoiding Cubs fans and the homeless. He works in marketing for an financial services company.
Posts by Kwummy:
- The 40GB version will not have backwards compatibility, meaning it will not play PS2 games (a total wash if you ask me as I think the PS2 lineup is still pretty awesome. It also continues to churn out great games)
- The 80GB version will be priced at $499 and it will continue to have “limited” backwards compatibility.
- There was no mention of the 60GB version
- Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
- 512MB of memory
- DVD drive for installation
- 9GB of available disk space
- Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
- Some features require Apple’s .Mac service; fees apply.
Altcast 8: Fuck Wow
March 13th, 2008Snewtch is back after a two week hiatus and Kwummy is back from vacation. Together with Doozy they’re joined this week by Canadian guest host, Ash. Kwummy can’t get his mic to work for most of the show and has to sit idle while the rest of the gang argue over nerd stuff. We discuss Xbox and Blu Ray (again), our favorite TMNT characters, Snewtch’s 16-month sex hibernation and so much more. The Jew hater calls in with his Nazi propaganda and we even have a special appearance by an Australian woman who may or may not have a vagina. It’s an episode of Altcast you can’t miss!
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Altcast 6 - Retarded Doozy
February 27th, 2008MaskofSkin, Altgn.com’s Editor-in-Chief, joins us this week as we keep you updated on the latest geek news, read your emails in funny accents and listen to your jew-hating voicemails. Kwummy and Doozy argue over how many Bourne movies there were, Mask has a Cajun accent that will knock your socks off and we announce a new board feature. It’s really just 2.5 hours of Doozy slurring his words, fumbling for the right pronunciation and just overall acting retarded. It’s the best show yet!
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Altcast 5 - Snewtch
February 20th, 2008Snewtch joins Skedoozy and Kwummy and together the three of them give you all the funny you can handle. Topics of discussion this week include a forum member’s engagement, Doozy’s wife and and the “sour cream incident” and the death of HD-DVD. We read your emails and Snewtch sings a song! It’s Snewtchtastic!
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Altcast 4 - Tossing Salad
February 13th, 2008This week Skedoozy and Kwummy (read: mostly Doozy) give you more geek news than you can handle in an extended version of the Altcast. We also read the many user emails we got…and…oh yeah, we discuss the joys of tossing salad and having relations with a woman while she’s menstruating. If you’re under the age of 18, I’d get your parent’s permission before checking this episode out.
Altcast Three - Happy Birthday to Kwummy!
February 6th, 2008Recorded and posted in record time, a new Altcast is back and in your face. In this week’s episode we talk about the SuperBowlGame, the second annual Alt Awards, the latest geek news and we read and answer your emails! We also discuss how Kwummy becomes sexier the older he gets. It’s a thrill ride in sarcasm.
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Altcast Episode 2 - Fun with painting!
January 31st, 2008In the second Altcast to grace your ear drums, Skeedozy gets a new co-host and for 90 minutes they discuss painting, moving, pool tables and so much more. There’s also the opportunity to be a guest host on upcoming episodes. To find out how you have to listen!
As the show evolves we hope it becomes better and better. You can help by adding your thoughts and suggestions in the comments. However, if you’re an idiot we reserve the right to make fun of you in the next episode.
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Oh, science, you make me laugh
November 27th, 2007We are all used to the game that scientists make out of our health. (Chocolate is bad for you. No, it’s good for you. Well, some of it is good for you.) Another example is that we know excessive smoking and alcoholic drinking is bad for you. Only a retarded person (read: Wii-only owner) would deny such a thing. But now it appears that smoking actually helps recovering alcoholics. Or does it? Well, maybe. Kinda. It depends.
What’s it REALLY like to live in space?
October 31st, 2007Discover Magazine Online has an interesting article up about 20 Things You Didn’t Know About Living In Space. Since I’ve never really 
been to space I can’t really comment on any of these. The first five are before you and rest of the list is after the break.
1 Nearly every astronaut experiences some space sickness, caused by the wildly confusing information reaching their inner ears. In addition to nausea, symptoms include headaches and trouble locating your own limbs. Just like college, really.
2 And those are the least of your worries. In weightlessness, fluids shift upward, causing nasal congestion and a puffy face; bones lose calcium, forming kidney stones; and muscles atrophy, slowing the bowels and shrinking the heart.
3 At least you’ll be puffy, constipated, and tall: The decreased pressure on the spine in zero-g causes most space travelers to grow about two inches.
4 Lab rats sent into space during midpregnancy, while their fetuses’ inner ears are developing, spawn some seriously tipsy babies.
5 No humans have yet been conceived in space, so we can only imagine.
Awesome image capture of tropical storm Noel
October 29th, 2007
The image on the right (click to view larger) is that of tropical storm Noel as it moved its way across the Caribbean Sea with Haiti and the Dominican Republic directly in its sights. After visiting those two locations it is then expected to move in the direction of Cuba and the Bahamas.
The image comes from the European Space Agency which also said:
Forecasters said Noel, the 14th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has tropical storm force winds fanning 225 km from its centre and could unleash 25 to 50 centimeters of water on Hispaniola, southeastern Cuba and Jamaica.
Not really all that “geeky,” but I thought the image was cool.
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Money talk: Sony, Nintendo and Atari
October 25th, 2007A few stories hit the wire today all related to financial situations with in gaming industry. More
specifically: Sony’s game division is in the hole, again, Nintendo raises it’s profit forecast, again and Atari gets another loan, again.
Check out the full post after the jump and make sure you bring your wallet or check book.
Help scientists understand the universe
October 25th, 2007The more we learn about the universe the harder it becomes to keep track of everything. 
That’s why several months ago Galaxy Zoo sought the help of the public in spotting potential galaxies across the universe.
Now, in an effort to learn even more about cosmology, scientists are again seeking the help of people like you and I.
A new project has been developed by Benjamin D. Wandelt at the University of Illinois that will help scientists analyze things like the universe’s acceleration and fluctuations in the cosmic-microwave background. The software used to capture this data is called Cosmology@Home.
Said Wandelt:
When you run Cosmology@Home on your computer, it uses part of the computer’s processing power, disk space and network bandwidth. Our goal is to search for cosmological models that describe our universe and agree with available astronomical and particle physics data.
For users of SETI@Home you should feel at home with the way the program is set-up and run. I’m assuming, however, that means it could also eat up a lot of resources on your computer. I’ve yet to try it but I’d imagine those with older, slower computers might find the program more frustrating than scientific.
If you do give it a shot let us know what you think in the comments.
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Very late thoughts on the Transformers movie
October 19th, 2007Warning: this post will contain a signifciant amount of spoilers on both the original 
Transformers movie as well as the most recent movie. I’m not kidding people. If you haven’t seen either one and don’t want it spoiled do not read anything after the break. Seriously. Don’t.
Let me start off by saying I am nowhere near the biggest Transformers fanboy on the planet. I will not pretend to know and remember everything about the show or the robots. However, don’t think for a second it wasn’t something I loved as a kid. Growing up I had to have every Transformers toy they made. And I had them all, too. My parents weren’t rich by any stretch of the imagination, but I loved Transformers and they would take care of me when it came to stuff I really liked.
I remember getting up every Saturday morning in my feet pajamas to watch the Autobots and Decepticons do battle. (Voltron was another reason I got up early on Saturdays). Maybe that explains my love for sci-fi now, but nevertheless, if any one thing makes me think of my childhood or the 80s it’s the Transformers.
It’s official: $399 40GB PS3 coming Nov. 2
October 18th, 2007Kotaku’s got the press release. Three important things of note:
The complete release after the break.
Leopard leaps onto Macs October 26
October 16th, 2007Via Lifehacker comes word that Apple has confirmed OSX Leopard will go on sale October 26. 
After an original date in June was scratched due to the launch of the iPhone, Apple had remained tight-lipped about when their next OS was to ship.
From the Yahoo News story:
Leopard is Apple’s sixth major upgrade to Mac OS X since the desktop operating system debuted in 2001.
Its “Boot Camp” feature lets users install a copy of Windows on Intel-based Macs, though the two operating systems can’t run at the same time.
You can preorder for $129 at Amazon or Apple’s online store. Below are the specs you’ll need to run Leopard:
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How real can virtual reality get?
October 15th, 2007Pretty cool article over at Discover Magazine about the “reality” of virtual reality. The focus of 
the article is on whether or not virtual reality can become so real that no one will ever be able to tell where real the real world ends and the virtual world begins.
Writes the author, Jaron Lanier:
There are certain questions about virtual reality (VR) that I’ve been asked a few times a day, every day, for over a quarter century. The e-mails still come in, from a kid in Korea or a grandmother in Australia: Will VR ever get so good that we will no longer be able to tell it’s VR? Is it possible we are already living in VR? Recently even The New York Times got into the act, interpreting an argument from philosopher Nick Bostrom to mean that “it is almost a mathematical certainty that we are living in someone else’s computer simulation.”
When these questions come up, I usually try to redirect the inquirer’s attention to the world of actual VR research, because that topic is richer than most people realize. But readers of this column know I am as friendly as can be to weird speculations, and it is interesting to think about the metaphysical side of virtual reality.
Although it’s a highly techincal read, it’s a really good article for anyone interested in this kind of stuff. I recommend checking it out.
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