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Posted on Jan 26, 2010 — Bizarre / DAPSpecific / Geek / Versus — 2 comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

VERSUS!: Something vs. Something Else

This is where the opening paragraph goes. In this paragraph I set up the Versus! by giving a little insight on why I chose this topic, as well as how Something and Something Else are interesting to me. I also often explain the format of the article, including that at the end I will be declaring a winner of the two items.

Something:

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This is were I quote Wikipedia about Something. I typically put about  3-4 sentences in this quote, and I often take a few lines from the beginning as well as the second or third paragraph of the wiki. This quote is often the most informative part of the entire Versus! It always contains links to other articles on Wikipedia.

This section is optional. I only write it if the Wikipedia quote left important information out that I really wanted the reader to know about Something. Up next I will be embedding two or three YouTube videos that are about Something.

Something Else:

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This is were I quote Wikipedia about Something Else. I typically put about  3-4 sentences in this quote, and I often take a few lines from the beginning as well as the second or third paragraph of the wiki. This quote is often the most informative part of the entire Versus! It always contains links to other articles on Wikipedia.

Finally we have the last paragraph of this Versus! I now explain that Something and Something Else not so different after all. I also list what I see to be as each of their most positive aspects. After much debate I declare the winner to either be Something or Something Else. Lastly I  ask the readers to also choose which they feel is the winner. Something, or Something Else?

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Posted on Jan 19, 2010 — Geek / Versus — 6 comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

Versus!: The ACR vrs. the UMP45

Today we will be looking at two weapons from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (which just so happens to be many of the DAPS staff’s favorite game of 2009). The ACR, which is an assault rifle, and the UMP45, which is a sub machine gun, are what I feel to be the two best weapons in the Modern Warfare 2. They also happen to be actual weapons, but for the most part we will be ignoring that. As usual I am making this versus particularly difficult on myself. I enjoy picking a winner at the end, but this choice is not going to come easy.

ACR:

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The ACR is a primary weapon assault rifle unlocked at level 48. It is one of, if not the most, accurate assault rifles in the game. It is a new weapon to Call of Duty, and also to the world. The ACR is scheduled to be released for both military and commercial applications later this year.

The Bushmaster Adaptive Combat Rifle (ACR) is the production name for an updated version of the Masada Adaptive Combat Weapon System. The original Magpul Masada design represents an amalgamation of several recent rifle designs, incorporating what is considered by its designers to be the best features of each in a single, lightweight, modular rifle platform. Design features from the Armalite AR-18 (short-stroke gas system), the FN SCAR (upper receiver, charging handle location), the Heckler & Koch G36/XM8 (liberal use of polymer components), the M16/AR15 (trigger pack), and the M16 (barrel, fire control group) are clearly prevalent. The rifle also includes several features developed by Magpul, such as a quick-change barrel/trunnion system, adjustable gas regulator, non-reciprocating charging handle, and storage compartments located in the stock and grip.

UMP45:

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The UMP45 is primary weapon sub machine gun that is unlocked by default. Being a sub machine gun it is of course very mobile, but it also happens to be one of the more accurate weapons in the game. The UMP45 has been manufactured for over 10 years.

The UMP is a blowback-operated, magazine-fed submachine gun firing from a closed bolt. As originally designed, the UMP is chambered for larger cartridges than other submachine guns like the MP5, to provide more stopping power against unarmored targets (with a slightly lower effective range) than the 9×19mm MP5 provides. A larger cartridge produces more recoil, and makes control more difficult in fully automatic firing. To mitigate this, the cyclic rate of fire was reduced to 650 rounds/min (600 rounds/min for the UMP45), which makes it one of the slower firing submachine guns on the market. The UMP45 fires a .45 ACP cartridge.

As I said earlier, these are both fantastic weapons in the game and this is going to be a very difficult choice. Truthfully I don’t believe its possible for anyone who hasn’t used both of them to pick a winner. These videos are fantastic visuals for how powerful each of these guns are, but nothing could ever replace actual play time on them.

I do however have the play time and while I love how light weight the UMP45 is, I have to choose the ACR for its raw power. When coming up against enemies in team death match there is no other weapon I would rather have in my hands.

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Posted on Dec 29, 2009 — Movies & TV / Versus — 6 comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

VERSUS!: Les Stroud vs. Bear Grylls

I’m a huge fan of survival shows like Man vs. Wild and Survivorman, but I’ve noticed a long standing trend on the internet where people are die-hard supporters of either Les Stroud or Bear Grylls, but not both. So today we will be looking closely at these two experts and then making a decision on which one would actually survive longer on his own in the wild.

Les Stroud

Les Stroud (born October 20, 1961 in Mimico, Ontario) is a Canadian musician, film maker, and survival expert best known as the creator, writer, producer, director, and host of the television program Survivorman. He even composed the opening theme music for the show. After a short career behind the scenes in the music industry, Stroud became a full-time wilderness guide, survival instructor and musician based in Huntsville, Ontario. Stroud has produced survival-themed programming for The Outdoor Life Network, The Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, and YTV. The survival skills imparted from watching Stroud’s television programs have been cited by several people as the reason they lived through harrowing wilderness ordeals.

Bear Grylls

Edward Michael Grylls, nicknamed Bear, (born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is best known for his television series Born Survivor, known as Man vs. Wild in the United States,Canada and Australia. He is one of the youngest Britons to climb Mount Everest, doing so at age 23. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest ever Chief Scout at the age of 35.

As a fan of both shows I find it particularly difficult to made a choice for either Les or Bear, but I feel I really must(and so must you). And so after a long internal debate I’m declaring Les Stroud the winner. In Survivorman he shows how to actually survive alone in the wild, where as if you attempted a lot of the stunts Bear performs on Man vs. Wild you very likely might injure yourself. Also he most likely wouldn’t even do most of the things he does on his show if he didn’t have an entire camera crew and paramedics with him at all times. Agree? Disagree? Please let me know in the comments.

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Posted on Dec 22, 2009 — Versus — 2 comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

VERSUS!: Christmas vs. Hanukkah vs. Kwanzaa

In the spirit of the season, today we will be looking at Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. All three are either happening right now or will begin within just a few days, so this seemed like the perfect time to write an article dealing with this subject. The best way to approach a larger topic like this is to first get a little background on all three subjects.

Christmas

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Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on December 25, but this date is not known to be Jesus’ actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been conceived, a historical Roman festival, or the date of the northern hemisphere’s winter solstice. Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season, and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.

Hanukkah

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Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה‎, Tiberian: Ḥănukkāh, nowadays usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

Kwanzaa

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Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration held in the United States honoring universal African heritage and culture, marked by participants lighting a kinara (candle holder). It is observed from December 26 to January 1 each year, primarily in the United States.

Apparently 3 months ago someone asked this exact same question on a site called answerbag, which looks to be some sort of answers.com knock-off. According to the answers there, Christmas was the winner in a land slide. However, this one was actually my favorite reply by a user named Don Gorgeous George:

“All of them are crap holidays based on bullshit. Halloween is the champion.”

That’s good to know, but as tempting as it was I couldn’t just stop my search for an answer there. Next I found this video which admittedly does not pick a winner, but that I at least enjoyed.

As any of my faithful readers would know I typically choose a winner at the end of my Versus! articles, but I  don’t think I am going to do that today. You may if you wish, I always encourage feed back.

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Posted on Dec 15, 2009 — Versus — No comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

VERSUS!: Beer Pong vs. Beer Pong Trick Shots

Beer pong became a passion of mine a few years ago. I always enjoyed playing it at a party or barbecue and I was alright at the game, but not great. Then at the suggestion of a coworker I joined a bar league and for a while was repeatedly handed one crushing defeat after the next. The other guys in this league were very good, but all they really had that I didn’t was lots of extra table time. Fast forward to two years later and not only did my team improve significantly but we were making it into the playoffs every season.

A lot of people who play only once in a while, or who have only seen the game in movies or on youtube have an extremely skewed perception of what game play is like.  When they think of beer pong they are actually thinking of trick shots, which are fun to watch but really take a lot of time and effort to pull off. Most importantly, being good at these tick shots does not make you good at the real game.

Next we have the real game, which isn’t filled with a bunch of crazy shots and the players don’t have a hour to prep before they throw the ball.

So while both are fun, one simply does not equal the other. I’d much rather be playing a real game then spending an entire day setting up shots for a video that is going to end up being two minutes long. I know a lot of our staff here at DAPS enjoy playing, but I’m curious about our readers. How many of you like beer pong?

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Posted on Dec 08, 2009 — Versus — 4 comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

VERSUS!: The 9th Doctor vs. the 10th Doctor

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To start off, for those of you who have little or no idea what the title or teaser of this post are referencing I’ve taken the following from Wikipedia:

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller (called a Time Lord) known as “the Doctor” who travels in his time and spaceship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space whilst facing a variety of foes and righting wrongs. The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world.

So now that we are all on the same page, let us first take a look at the 9th Doctor played by Christopher Eccleston. He was the Doctor for only one season, but was the face of the revival of the series in 2005. And all though his role was short lived, many including myself were introduced to the show with him as the lead.

The 10th Doctor is currently played by David Tennant who has had a much longer run in the roll, a full three years. For this reason alone many feel him to be the better Doctor of the two. In fact he was voted as the number one Doctor of all time with 25.64% of the votes this year in Doctor Who Magazine. And yes, I’m just as shocked as all of you that there is a Doctor Who Magazine.

Finally, I’m going to provide you with the end of the first season where the 9th Doctor becomes the 10th.

So this is a really tough call, we now need to make a choice. The 9th or 10th? The 9th did get me into the show in the first place, and while Eccleston was fantastic as the Doctor,  I think I am going to have to pick the 10th. Tennant brought something to the character that Eccleston never had and while perhaps I wouldn’t be making the same choice if Eccleston had more then one season, that is something we will never really know. Now its your turn, who do you choose?

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Posted on Dec 01, 2009 — From the Web / Lifestyle / Versus — No comments — Posted by Lauren

VERSUS!: Black Friday vs Cyber Monday

It’s Christmas time and you know what that means, spending money on presents. There are two shopping days that are dedicated to Christmas shopping. Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, which is the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Black Friday is the biggest retail shopping day of the year. People will camp out on Thanksgiving night and wait over night to make sure they are one of the first people in the store to get what they want.

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Cyber Monday has the same concept, but you can do it from your own computer. You don’t have to camp out, but you definitely need to be up early so your Internet connection won’t lag.

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Lets take a look each of these days, shall we.

BLACK FRIDAY

1) Camping out for great deals may sound crazy, but what happens if it’s cold out? You got to stand out in the rain or snow? You people are crazy.

2) All those people pushing and shoving just to get in the door. Don’t people fall and get trampled on?

3) After you wait on line outside to get into the store, then you have to wait on line to buy stuff.

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5) Don’t be fooled by the deals stores advertise. If you read the small print under the pictures, they have like two of these things per store. There may be a great 32 inch Plasma Sony flat screen TV on sale, but you better be one of the first two people in the store to grab it.

CYBER MONDAY

1) You get to avoid the lines and craziness, but you have to deal with slow, lagging websites.

2) You got to make sure you know your size. Ladies, you may be a size 6 in jeans at one store, but your ass may barely fit into a 6 6 in another brand. Know your size.

3) Pictures always look better than things do in person. That may be the cutest shirt EVAR!, but it looks quite ugly on you.

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4) Make sure you are shopping on a website that is secure. Identity theft is huge and you want to make sure the site your putting your credit card into is trusted.

Where do you guys prefer to shop??

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Posted on Nov 24, 2009 — Lifestyle / Versus / Words — 1 comment — Posted by MightyVin

VERSUS!: Thanksgiving Battle Royale…

Battle Royale!

As we give thanks this Thanksgiving, it’s easy to go straight for the turkey, or even a bigger side dish like stuffing or mashed potatoes. But we’re talking about the REAL side dishes that make the world go round. The ones that might even be only unique to your family.

They can often be disgusting, tacky, or even surprisingly delicious to the point where you wonder why you don’t make it more than once a year.

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Sides like green beans, marshmallow sweet potatoes, and fried broccoli may not suit everyone’s taste, but they may suit you, goddammit and that’s what you are fighting for today.

Even add-ons like cranberry sauce, h’orderves, and hot apple cider count. After all, perhaps your Thanksgiving wouldn’t be complete without them.

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Or maybe you are one of those weird families that likes to make oatmeal laced with stuffing, everything Au-Gratin, or just plain fry everything

No two thanksgiving meals are the same. Down south the sides are made up of soul food, on the coast it’s comprised of seafood, in big cities it’s a bunch of stuff from cans that came from a factory.

So where do you allign? What are your favorite side dishes for Thanksgiving? Think you have one we’ve never heard of yet? Duke it out in the comments.

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Posted on Nov 17, 2009 — From the Web / Humor / Movies & TV / Versus — 3 comments — Posted by chris

Versus! Tommy Boy Vs. Billy Madison

Probably the most difficult question posed by any single member of my generation… What’s the better movie, Tommy Boy or Billy Madison? You might be asking yourself what these movies have in common. However, If you’re asking that, You are an uninformed idiot and I bid you good day.

Let’s get to the nitty gritty, shall we?

Tommy Boy

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Tommy boy is the touching story of a young man attempting to save his family business. Tommy Callahan and his associate Richard trek cross country selling brake pads. lessons are learned, friends are made, hilarity ensues.

Billy Madison

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Billy Madison is the touching story of a young man doing all he can to continue the tradition in his family business. He is forced to repeat grades 1-12, in order to prove he’s capable of running a multi-million dollar company. lessons are learned, friends are made, hilarity ensues.

I know these aren’t the best examples of these movies, but either the movie studios or youtube suck a huge dong. Chances are if you’re reading this site, you have these two masterpieces memorized anyways. So, what is it kids? Billy or Tommy? gun to your head… TELL ME@!

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Posted on Nov 10, 2009 — Featured / From the Web / Versus — 12 comments — Posted by The Lobster Man

VERSUS: Kittens vs. Puppies

This is a debate that has raged on for as long as humans have kept animals as pets. There are literally hundreds of points that can be made for either side, but today we will be ignoring all that. A winner shall be chosen based on nothing more then a handful of youtube videos. Are you ready to turn the cuteness dial to 11? You’d better be.

Kittens:

Puppies:

Ok, so now that you’ve had you’re fill of cute, you need to pick a winner. Take a moment to think it over and then cast your vote in the comments. Please keep in mind that you must base your decision solely on these videos, any vote cast with an obvious bias will be disqualified.

PS – I’m voting for Kittens.

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