shinyd3mon

This is the dumbest thread Ive ever seen. IdeaI Figure it out your self and don't ask random nerds on a gaming website. Oh and don't where an ugly purple shirt. "

So I'm having a bit of trouble with the wireless connection in my house.. I'm using another laptop on my LAN to post this. 

Getting right down to it:
When I start IE or Chrome, the homepage for the respective browser seems to load fine.. for Firefox, I have Google.ca as my homepage but it isn't loading the Google Sesame Street letters anymore, just the white page with the search box and hyperlinks below). In fact, loading Google on any of the browsers is ok, but none of the other sites work properly. Entering anyother URL in a new tab just brings about a finished, blank page with "Done." in the bottom left corner of the browser. However, one post in another, out of date forum mentioned trying a JavaScript tester site, ( http://mistered.us/test/alert.shtml) and bizarrely that loaded fine as well, but I have no idea what that means.
 
It should also be noted that restarting my computer has so far fixed the problem, but only temporarily (only for 2 hours or so) before I'm locked out again to everything but Google.

I did some searches on this computer before posting to try and diagnose the problem and didn't really reach a solution, so I came here, as the Giant Bomb community is pretty well the only group of people I really trust. Hopefully there are some whizzes on GB that know how to solve this..?
 
Oh, and let me know if this kind of post isn't right for this forum, and I'll take my question elsewhere.
Thanks guys.
 
ALSO: If you require me to post a cmd "ipconfig/all" test, I'm willing to completely type it out on this 2nd computer if it will help, because the results of that is plain gibberish to me.

" I find Ballmer to be pretty hilarious. "

" So how come they are making the PC version $60 AND making you pay for dlc?  Console games are overpriced at $60 to make up for selling the actual system for cheap; PC games were never supposed to be priced that high... and after that ripoff, they even make me pay for dlc... Damn, talk about maximizing profits. "

So I've been playing Be A Pro mode since release, and I just realized (about 55 games in the season) that I now have Patrick Sharp on my line. Well, that's great, but I'm playing for the Penguins, and I'd rather not have Patrick Sharp on my team, let alone my line. It was weird, because it alerted me when there was a trade previously in the season (Mike Rupp <---> Lawrence Nycholat), and I'm positive it wasn't in the roster update that I downloaded because the Penguins never traded for Patrick Sharp!!
 
Is it possible to access any form of player movement in Be A Pro mode, whether it is Team-Team trading, or merely editing lines? Do I have to wait until I'm on the 1st line (currently on 2nd), or what?
 
 
Also, on an unrelated topic, I'm getting sick of having my defense and winger pass it back and forth for like 5 minutes in the offensive zone before taking a shot at the net. What is the deal with that? Was this an issue in recent NHL games (I haven't played an EA Sports NHL game since 2002)?

Why wouldn't you just stay at one point, have one guy near the cans and toss them from one player to the next, or even from the guy in the video's perspective, just toss them from that upper room right into the pool?
 
I wonder if they implemented a penalty for a throwing-the-can strategy, like each throw leaks a bit of gas or removing the ability to drop the cans at all once you've picked them up.
 
 
..And no, I still won't be buying this one. Nice try, Valve, but this seems a little tacked on just to be able to say "oh theres this WHOLE NEW OTHER MODE guys! Its totally worth it now."

I love the Kurt Cobain caption.. awesome

I really only listen to the Bombcast and the RvB DrunkTank (usually about 40 minutes - 1 hour and a bit) podcasts on a regular basis, although I do like to catch G4's Sessler's Soapbox, The Escapist's Zero Punctuation, Area5's Co-op and 1UP's Broken Pixels - whenever they start to make new ones again - for my weekly video feed.
 
On an unrelated, non-gaming topic, I recently downloaded the first few seasons of Ricky Gervais' podcast of his old XFM radio show from back in 2002.. and it is a fucking riot. Karl Pilkington is my probably new favourite person, ever.

In my experience, achievements have the ability to make 'bad' people out of good ones, also known as 'achievement whores'. You know, people who buy/rent the game for the sole purpose of completing it enough for as many points possible, virtually disregarding any of the real things that make a game a game. What a person does with their purchased property is their business, but, c'mon. The fact that there is a market for crappy games (for example, TMNT, or Cars) because of a few easy achievements is appalling.
 
@angelfan91: 
"ahem* 
 
I don't really hear much about PS3 owners that do this, even though they are pretty much the same exact thing.. only achievements provide the reward of an addition to a cumulative gamerscore. And that's what makes it evil. >=(
 
..I don't have a PS3, so I can't really have an unbiased opinion. 
 
Achievements are way better, though. =D