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well, if you're interested in working at broadcom, contact gdrgroup.com, they handle the tech staffing for broadcom. I hated it there but your mileage may very. Broadcom has campuses all over the place, so if you like it there, it's a good oppertunity.

after seeing the comic con trailer... yes, I think it will be badass. part 1: http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/xmen-...mic-con-footage part 2: http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/xmen-...-con-footage-ii

Oooh, I want one! put me down on the list please.

congrats on the birthday! It's great to see examples of happy marriages where the spouses actually support each other in their hobbies!

Well, at the rate the tech is progressing, dyson spheres may not be out of the question.

very nice! Thanks for posting up the video, it just confirms for me that I was right to wait

it's funny how the pictures featuring scantily clad ladies tend to be in better focus...

man, that new robotech series looks awful. clearly overly sexualized and with low budget 2d animation. I bet the plot will be all recycled and suffer from pacing problems.

I don't care that you don't care. edit:: he has just as much of a right to voice his non exuberance over the DX as other people do to voice their gushing praise.

wow, those dark knight toys look great. love all the detailing.

Nah, alto watched CF-25's taking off right before he met sheryl and she offered to take him to gallia to go flying.

me too

I'd rather see: return FROM the black hole... when he bonded with his robot... that was some freaky stuff.

It really depends. If technology develops in the way it does in star trek where defensive systems outpaces offensive, then snub fighters become useless but if they develop along the lines of the real world where offensive capabilities continue to outpace defensive technology, then it is advantagous to have lots of cheap, well armed fighters rather than a low number of expensive capital ships. It just makes sense in terms of resources and in man power. If you lose one large capital ship, you lose years worth of resources and build time along with hundreds (thousands?) of people and untold number of hours in terms of training as well as the moral hit of losing such a large symbol. In contrast, if you lose an a couple of fighters, well, those are much easier to replace and the crews are more easily trained.

Yeah, I agree about the more recent cities/communities in the Bay Area all blurring together. Sadly, the newer communities are even more of a blur, planned communities are all the rage now and the newer stuff up here looks and feels exactly the same as the bedroom communities in the OC. Definitely look around Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica. Like I said, kinda pricey but nicer and they all have plenty of stuff to do. Eh.. i don't know if you're asian or into that scene, but if you are, rowland heights is popular... and around pomona, clarement and covina... basically, there's a cluster of colleges in that area so there's that whole college town thing... but it's kinda wonky since those schools were last important around the 70s... you know? so there'a really dated... berkeley-lite feel to those towns... which if you're into, is cool and all... if you're into it. As for IT in OC... What type of IT work do you do? I can give you a better salary range. But let's say for level 1 tech support, you're looking around 35k a year, lvl 2 would be around 45~50k. Helpdesk is pathetic... like 10ish an hour. If you do any coding work or have real certs (like MCSE/cisco) or something, it's better but still doesn't compare to the bay area, imo. I think one of the problems is that a lot of the tech offices down south cater to the business end of their corporate structure so a lot of companies like yahoo hire for maintanence type work and not for development type work. But like I said, there are some big campuses... broadcom (HATE) is down there, blizzard is down there... there's good work to found as long as you're qualified or know people.

eh.. it's still kinda different. SF is pretty distinct as is Oakland and Berkeley.. it's harder to find those sort of distinct identities in the LA area. But anyways, check out culver city, santa monica, redondo beach, Pasadena. Those are pretty nice neighborhoods and on the nicer side but not too expensive. If you don't mind commute, Pomona and the surrounding cities aren't too bad (parts of pomona can either be *very* nasty or pretty nice) and it's a little more affordable... It gets hot out there and there's horse farms around so when it rains, the whole area can smell like wet hay and horse piss.

I would lie and say yes, but secretly hide it under my fris... I mean, data disc.

not possible, that dude is me! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

they look like bloated ticks. Pretty crazy how much larger the new island is compared to M7.

sweet, happy to hear all these happy stories!

wait, we're excited about this? Isn't this macrossworld? Shouldn't we be moaning about how hollywood sucks and there's no more original stories? Won't someone bring up Jeff's small hands? The description sounds sweet, I'm pretty jazzed for this myself too!

PS3 is hanging its hat on some big name shooters for this holiday and for 2008, killzone, resistance, MAG while 360 looks like it's trying to diversify, more RPGs and RTS games mixed in with their traditional shooters. I think sony figures it has the rest of the world wrapped up and they're focusing on shooters to win over north america.

wow, that's actually kinda cool the beagle ride armor is going to be released domestically. Loved the Danger Girl cosplayers!

not yet, but I got my payment request from Kevin, so soon enough I imagine.

Like others have said, it all depends on what you're looking for. If you want the urban/big city experience, LA doesn't cut it. Its far too large and sprawled out to really be considered a city and it doesn't compare to other metropolitan cities like Tokyo, Seoul, San Francisco or really any other large city you might think of. Job wise.... well, the LA/OC market doesn't pay as much as the SF/Bay Area market, depsite cost of living being pretty comparable. I have friends who work in some pretty big name tech companies and the jobs up here are more varied, faster paced and more numerous. That said, there are a few big name companies that have big campuses down there like Broadcom (irvine) and they're always hiring... though, i hate their corporate culture. However, if it's the lifestyle you're looking for, LA/OC is hard to beat. You're within driving distance to skiing, surfing, hiking, off roading, hang gliding... anything you want to do or try, it's all right there at your finger tips. As others have mentioned, there are many different ethnic enclaves and they tend to blur into one another at their fringes and there are lots of great clubs and resturants to be found. The areas around the UCLA campus can be a lot of fun. Driving in LA is a pain, old freeways, poorly laid out signs, multiple choke points... I hate driving in LA. The public bus system is unreliable at best so don't even think to consider that as a viable alternative. There is a mass rail system.. it's better than Beijing but nowhere near as useful as the BART up here in SF and it looks like Fischer Price: My First Subway compared to say, Seoul and Tokyo. As other people have pointed out, a lot of the outlying cities offer a good taste of LA life without as much headache and since LA is a commuter city anyways, you won't really miss out by not living the middle of LA proper.