Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Apr 18, 2002 5:41pm PDTWell, Fileshack test went pretty well considering the hardware, the core technology seems to be great, a couple browser issues is all. Too bad the box we were using is choking and dying. Sorry to the folks who were getting a blank page, we should have stuff ironed out for the new Half-Life patch next week. Right? Ok well here be stuff for the evening:
- The Feds + Microsoft = omg - Smoking + babies = bad - This guy likes junk - New predator insects - Peaceful Pagan Protests - A picture shuts down a terminal - This kid has some good parents - We gave eBay some messageboard tipsLastly, computer crime simulation!
Kingdoms of Amalur needed 3 million sales 'to break even,' RI governor says
Former Modern Warfare devs wanted to give Call of Duty series a 'rest'
Konami accused of bank loan fraud over Def Jam Rapstar
Capcom aims to shorten development cycle
Steel Battalion, Sleeping Dogs - Shacknews Daily: May 24, 2012
Also free paddle 2!
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020418/161/1f4ta.html
Action figures of President George W. Bush and Islamic militant Osama bin Laden are part of a group of new action figure designs by Herobuilders
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http://www.jonathonrobinson.com/3.0/web/webtsos.html
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Everything on my computer has been pretty dark on my computer ever since I put in my GF2. It was no biggie, I just cranked up the gamma and brightness in the video card settings way up til it looked right. But around 4-5 months ago games that I installed wouldn't recognize the changes in my video card settings for the extra gamma and brightness. Even with the gamma up full blast within the game settings it was still too dark, so it was pretty tough for me to play games.
Now I just reinstalled Half-Life, and now it will not recognize the changes I made to my video card settings. WTF? Every goddamn time I load the game everything is completely dark. It worked fine before I reinstalled the game, but now it's just as fucked up as everything else.
Please help..
btw - I can't see shit in SoF2.
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I played it for 11 hours today. :\
I haven't left my room in over 14 hours. :( :( :(
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http://www.cnn.com/2002/BUSINESS/asia/04/19/sanfran.abercrombie.reut/index.html
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Goddammit I hate those Matrix skins.
So is it like "Corporates" vs. "Terrists" or is it "Organized Crime" vs. "Military"?
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and while it is a pretty cool movie, it really coulda used a lot of editing...it dragged on in some places it didnt have to, and it woulda been a lot cooler if it was "tighter"...
also wtf was up with those 2 guys in the car? (the ones that had the Barret M82)
i dunno maybe i need to watch it again
the ending was faptastic tho...whole movie shoulda been like that ^_^
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http://pile.filepile.org:8080/pictures/jazzradiogirl-04182002.jpg
hopefully she'll be on again today.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1908000/1908855.stm
(the five visible planets lining up, this weekend)
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GG!
Does SOF2 demo use the quake 3 engine?
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-885552.html
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GUN
BANG!
"There's another body for the floor, you Nu-Metal piece of trash."
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Will it be the same, if I saw you in Heaven?
I must be strong - and carry on, cause I know I don't belong ...
here in heaven
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I HATE SOF2 NOW!!
Fuck that game! I had so much fun playing on haiku's server last night that I completely forgot about the Josh Rouse show I wanted to go see. >:(
Rouse is a folksy/indie songwriter in the vein of Geoff Farina (emo) and Damien Jurado and that dude in Clinic sounds like him. He's got this awesome song called The White Trash Part of my Life. Goddammit, I'm pissed off.
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It was great fun, gonna try the tdm now.
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I really don't know what to say.
Toraz linked the Anti-Darwin thing, which led to a Bibleman banner ad, which I was dumb enough to click
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http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm?id=809&show=all
Thankgod.. Optus to bring out ADSL.. took long enough!
/me trembles in excitement!
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Nice! Very nice. I found the guns to be very solid, the movement fine. I didn't see a lot of jumping, though I tried it myself and after the second jump or so there is a movement slowdown. Sound familiar to anyone? Teehee!
I used most rifles - the AK, the M4, the sniper rifle, machinegun, autoshotgun. All are good and very well balanced. You have to use them in the right situation, simple as that. I got kills with all of them. The AK's advantage over the M4 seems to be accuracy (and a slight speed boost).
I didn't have ANY gripes with the game. Okay maybe one, the lack of voicecomm. HL/CS has spoiled me in that regard.
I wish there was a way of upping the running speed. It was fast, but I still felt like I wanted to go FASTER!! Crackmonkeys is the way to go for addicting fun. Nah. The speed overall felt just right, maybe a tiny bit faster is what i'd want but overall i'm happy with it.
The submachineguns are weak - takes a lot to put a man down (if you don't aim for the head). There's no bleeding, thank god. Headshots produce kills a LOT quicker - I sniped 3 guys in a row with headshots at one point, and I got numerous uzi kills by spraying the head area.
The lack of recoil and wild, unpredictable random bullshit was VERY refreshing.
And for once, the demo map does NOT suck, with plenty of ways to get in and out of everywhere. It takes a bit of exploring, that's all.
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How would you feel if a hardware device in your system kept "locking up" as if it was an old install of Windows 98? And this is a freaking hardware device, not a full-fledged PC. This is why I hate the flash update concept; there's no finality in the firmware, so it could still be buggy even though the product was released and sold to the public.
pathetic grammar. notice that he doesnt take a 100% stand
on any of his beliefs. always something to be admired...
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i'm upset. i dont like democrats.
people in third world countries like mcdonalds.
other countries are more evil than the unitd states.
the united states should not have to answer to anyone.
i dont like that chinese people are involved with the company Global Crossing.
this occurance is a sign of america being weak
the united states is a nice place. when there are domestic
problems here we fix them somewhat quickly.
i wouldnt mind if we nuked iraq. i think iraq is a useless country.
i dont think homosexuality is bad.
the japanese are better off for surrendering to us. they are
the second or third largest economy in the world now (im not sure
which because i am too stupid to research such things).
i dont like ashcroft. i think he is a fascist.
i think we own the world because we can nuke people at will
i think the french are the ones that supplied islamic countries with their weapons
i dont think all big businesses are evil. some are, and some are not.
i like open source software, and i like new scientific discoveries. i like
them both better than politics.
i dont like german people. i hate the EU.
i think that the arabs in palestine are "vagrants" and that no islamic
nation likes them and doesn't want them in their countries.
noone should blame dubya for bad things that happen. he isnt the only
person in our government. the congress and senate are the ones
that make the laws. the only power that bush has is the veto.
i dont think the us is to blame for all of the world's problems
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(yes I know its America-centric)
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I wish more people understood that.