Evening Reading
by Maarten Goldstein, Nov 14, 2002 6:38pm PSTUh oh, late Evening Reading! It should be a damn crime
- Two British mental health workers visit a female patient, then after a while they leave. Oh yeah, she was dead. - Cray's latest really expensive computer.Lastly, Bill Gates and his 8 foot condom.
- Gun company to pay money to a victim's widow.
- Who doesn't love Miss Cleo? the FTC sure doesn't. - So there's still no cure for multiple sclerosis. Oops, they've been investigating the wrong disease. Thanks Fark. - fast-food and toilets, some dude in Sweden found that the toilet seats were in the same dishwasher as the trays and kitchen utensils.
Daily Filter: Sleeping Dogs, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
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
Skyrim 1.6 adds mounted combat
38 Studios and Big Huge Games lay off entire staffs
Steel Battalion Heavy Armor demo now on Xbox Live
Civilization V getting free Steam weekend
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At least Al Queda has its targets straight as far as countries go.
/runs
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I'd like to hear your guys comments on this.
Go back 4-5 years ago at the height of the dot com bubble, I just started my CS degree and everyone and there mother was talking about how all you have to do is graduate and you'll be making 100k! right out of school. This isn't an exageration that was really the mood people had.
Fast forward to today and I just finished my degree. Luckly I have been working full time for awhile and don't have to find a job, but I have tons of friends, and friends of friends who can't find ANYTHING. People send out hundreds of resumes and never get a single response. People with 5-10 years experience are applying for the SAME jobs and are willing to take a pay cut.
What I think is going to happen is that people like me who want to do software development (the apex if IT) are going to have to humble themselves into doing a job like help desk or call center for 10 bucks an hour. And those jobs are hard to move out of becuase your not gaining any development experience.
I can remember coming on the shack back in 99 and 2000 and you had people on hear saying .. computer science degree is WORTHLESS, I have a job and i didn't go to school BLAH BLAH BLAH. Well good luck now, if you don't have a degree and you have little experience (under the age of say 25) your not getting in the door anywhere.
My suggestion to any of you guys still in high school. Go the doctor or lawyer route, we are always going to need them and they are not effected by the economy. More and more software jobs are being moved to India and Asian, the times of us making tons of money is coming to an end if its not already over.
Its funny how drasticaly times chakge.
I'm sure i made 100's of spelling and grammar mistakes but i'm to lazy to go fix them.
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http://members.rogers.com/shackstuff/shovel.mpg
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Okay, bastards, I'm debating whether or not to pick up Mechassault and X-Box Live tonight. The question is how many X-Box owning shackers will be doing the same? I don't quite think that it'd be worth it for me unless I was playing with people I know.
Also, how's the lineup looking for X-Box Live's future? I know Ghost Recon's out, but I already own it for PC, and nothing else looks quite as interesting as Mechassault right now. If a decent number of you guys are going to be signing up, then I'm in. :D
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sometimes I just love Microsoft so damn much.
that is all.
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NEW SERVER INFO AS THE LAST ONE WAS FULL
EA-68 BF1942 - 159.153.234.153:14567
Sorry for the bait and switch guys.. that other server filled up too quick. This should be better. see you there.
make sure you show your <S>'s! see ya there =)
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http://www.gamers.com/game/289115
it's like the best title from six years in the future fell through a time warp.
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well. sort of. that was the average in the other section. /me crosses fingers and hopes our section did just as bad (or even worse!! :D)
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If you are here reply to this so at least we know who's reading stuff.
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Shacking like fucking mad
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70421,00.html
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The jury said the wholesale distributor, Valor Corp. of Florida, failed to equip the gun Brazill used in the shooting with "feasible safety measures."
But in a mixed verdict, the jury found that Valor, which also sells camping equipment, was not negligent in supplying the small, cheap pistol, nor did it sell an "unreasonably dangerous and defective product."
Anybody wanna explain to me how this works? Fucking retarded. A safety feature wouldn't have kept the psycho from murdering her kid to begin with.
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House considers jailing hackers for life
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-965750.html?tag=fd_top
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yikes!
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TERATOGEN your homepage ? ;P
"Can we have sex ?"
"No," she replies, "I'm married to God."
She then stands up, and gets off at the next stop.
The bus driver, who overheard, turns to the hippy and says :
"I can tell you how to get to have sex with her !"
"Yeah ?", says the hippy.
"Yeah", say the bus driver. "She goes to the cemetery every Tuesday night at midnight to pray. So all you have to do is dress up in a robe with a hood, put some of that luminous powder stuff in your beard, and pop up in the cemetery claiming to be God."
The hippy decides to give it a try, and arrives in the cemetery dressed as suggested on the next Tuesday night. "I am God," he declares to the nun, keeping the hood low about his face, "You must have sex with me". The nun agrees without question, but begs him to restrict himself to anal sex, as she is desperate not to lose her virginity. He agrees, and promptly has his wicked way with her. As he finishes, he jumps up and throws back his hood with a flourish. "Ha-ha," he cries. "I am the hippy!"
"Ha-ha," cries the nun. "I am the bus driver"
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Ahahahah!!!!
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Why does The Dude say "Obviously you're not a golfer" when the guy holds up his bowling ball?
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Old school Soviet-badassedness rising to the surface?
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