Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Mar 28, 2003 5:00pm PSTWell glad to see people are taking advantage of the FileShack Friends system we setup. It sure was a long time in the making... it's been a couple of months since we added any perks for Mercury stuff, so I'm aiming to change that again next month. I would like to suggest that you guys have a look at these stories that have all changed the world that we live in:
- Microsoft and their WiFi woes - Massive online sky survey - Neanderthals and their dexterity - Armored cars are fabLastly, a scientific look at The Core which as we all know is firmly grounded in scientific fact.
Mad Riders trailer goes heavy on the meta
Anarchy Reigns finished, delayed by Sega anyway
Jet Set Radio making its way to Vita
Diablo 3 patch coming next week
Elder Scrolls Online plans to sort out bugs with long beta
Super Monday Night Combat launches Turbocross mode
The Secret World delayed until July 3
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'
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Don't know if anyone else saw this, but it's interesting (might be old sorry) (time travelling stock trader)
800$ -> 350 million in weeks because he's from 200 years in the future.. cough?
Still if he did 800 -> 350 mill? WTF - impressive, I'd love to hear more on this story.
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Neighbor girl came by this afternoon to inform me they were having a part and to let them know if they were being too loud. Also told me to feel free to stop by. Everyone there will be young compared to me. This is the second time they've invited me over and I haven't gone. They lived next door for like eight months and I don't even know my neighbors names.
Would you:
1)Go be the grumpy old guy next door and go bitch about noise
2)Pry yourself away from the PC and go socialize
3)None of the above
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http://www.crystalnewmedia.com/gridlock/gridlock.html
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pics: http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/
Sorry, some of the pictures are blurry. Sorry, slow upload from my computer.
We met (^-SeaWolf-^, nyranger66, and myself) about 6:15, and went to register for ICON. That took a while. We walked around ICON (covers a lot of Stony Brook University campus) for a while. We went to the Computer Gamming Room but they were still setting up. Then we went to the consle gamming room. The has 2 PS2s, 2 LOL it's HUGEs, and a Game cube, and also some old consoles such as SNES NES, Atari 5200, and an Intellivision. One of the PS2s was set up for DDR!
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-001F.JPG
The we decided to see the movie Equilibrum, which they were showing. Very cool movie.
After that, we went back to the Computer Gamming room, but the were still setting up! They said that the weren't ready and that they would be open tomorrow. Apperently they were trying to ghost about 40 computers (P3s) off of a 20GB image that was on one of these computers, over a slow network.
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-002F.JPG
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-003F.JPG
So then we walked arround a little more and decided that there wasn't anything else good at ICON tonight. We decided to get something to eat at Friendlys.
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-005F.JPG
Here is a picture of all of us:
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-006F.JPG
nyranger66, TroZ, ^-SeaWolf-^
They had crayons at the table, so I drew this:
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-007F.JPG
Another picture was drawn, but I'm not going to link it directly, (it's the next image), but it got this reaction:
http://24.191.99.121:88/shackmeet/MVC-009F.JPG
That all we have so far, but this is a multi-day shackmeet. Tomorrow is when the Carmack will be there, and I'll be able to get better pictures in the daytime.
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well, thats me taken care of... (read user comments)
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I've just got my new computer here, and am having some trouble getting the 98se machine and the xp machine to see each other on the network. I understand the 98 will not see the ntfs file system, but shouldnt i from this machine have access to the 98 machine?
They are on the same workgroup and all, just can't see each other :( no firewall, just a hub both are connected to.
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I just installed this the other day for the first time ever, and I'm liking it, but this shitty "Messenger Service" bullshit keeps popping up on my desktop with ads from random companies. WTF? How do I turn that gayness off?
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hahahah, thank you google.
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How, why and what the fuck is this thing that just opened up in front of me?
About HTPC/Software players
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_10_1/feature-article-htpc-III-dvd-software-3-2003.html
About Progressive in general:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_10_1/dvd-benchmark-guide-to-progressive-scan-shootout-1-2003.html
Hardware DVD Players:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/cgi-bin/shootout.cgi?function=search&articles=all
Notice that the best is actually very cheap :)
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Should I get DOA3, Kong Fu Chaos or wait for Deathrow (its out of stock atm) ?
When you are dating..... Farting is never an issue.
When you are married ....You make sure there's nothing flammable near your husband at all times.
When you are dating..... He takes you out to have a good time.
When you are married ....He brings home a 6 pack, and says "What are you going to drink?"
When you are dating..... He holds your hand in public.
When you are married ....He flicks your ear in public.
When you are dating..... A Single bed for 2 isn't THAT bad.
When you are married ....A King size bed feels like an army cot.
When you are dating..... You are turned on at the sight of him naked.
When you are married ....You think to yourself "Was he ALWAYS this hairy????"
When you are dating..... You enjoyed foreplay.
When you are married ....You tell him "If we have sex, will you leave me alone???"
When you are dating..... He hugs you, when he walks by you for no reason.
When you are married ....He grabs your boob any chance he gets.
When you are dating..... You picture the two of you together, growing old together.
When you are married ....You wonder who will die first.
When you are dating..... Just looking at him makes you feel all "mushy."
When you are married ....When you look at him, you want to claw his eyes out.
When you are dating..... He knows what the "hamper" is.
When you are married ....The floor will suffice as a dirty clothes storage area.
When you are dating..... He understands if you "Aren't in the mood."
When you are married ....He says "It's your job."
When you are dating..... He understands that you have "male" friends.
When you are married ....He thinks they are all out to steal you away.
When you are dating..... He likes to "discuss" things.
When you are married ....He develops a "blank" stare.
When you are dating..... He calls you by name.
When you are married ....He calls you "Hey" and refers to you when speaking to others as "She."
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http://www.ephemeranow.com/life/life138.htm
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In one, I had to decide where to plant my crops. First year I made no money and had to borrow cash from my brother. After that I just went all out. Well, eventually they asked if I wanted to do ecotourism. So then I had to play this gay ass game:
http://www.eduweb.com/ecotourism/eco1.html
For the homework I had to document each choice and talk about it. See the reply unless the PRL eats it
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I just went to look up something in ashkie's post history, and I did the search through google... o_0
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I present to you a video for your amusement..
A remote control toyota camry (as in a full size one), That gets *slightly* destroyed in the desert. I laughed, I laughed some more, I watched it again!
http://www.jdfab.com/dp2/RCCar_video.wmv
Are you not entertained!?
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I remember back in 1997 I got most of my mp3s from FTPs, as they were abundant sources of mp3s back in the day. I was on a 28.8 modem at the time, and when I came across a ratio FTP, I would create an empty bitmap file, rename it to some random mp3, and upload it. Thanks to data compression (empty bitmaps compress like fuckall) I would upload to the ratio sites at 16KB/sec with my 28k modem. I thought I was the smartest man alive! I dont think broadband of any kind to this day actually uses data compression, which sucks. Half of people on DSL/Cable cant even attain my 1997 28k modem's 16K/sec upload.
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Bought an OEM DVD ROM Drive - What's the best decoder to get?
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http://www.modbee.com/24hour/weird/story/797780p-5692994c.html
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do you share files on kazaa/whatever you use?
me: no. why?
well, id have no problem sharing my mp3s, but fuck sakes, kazaa INSISTS.. absolutely INSISTS.. on sharing whatever directory i have my downloads go to. i have all my apps put shit in D:\Download, because i dont want shit downloading to a thousand different places on my hd so i can forget about them and find 20 gb of crap 6 months later.
so, being that everything i dl goes to one central location, i REALLY DO NOT want shit people may send me, which is automatically accepted, being shared with all the freaks on kazaa.....
if they ever make it NOT FUCKING SHARE DIRECTORIES I DONT WANT TO SHARE i may turn sharing on, but right now the only way around this is to disable all sharing.......
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I want to open a page into a window with no toolbar, address bar, no nothing, fullscreen.
Which I can do, but I want it to happen onLoad with no intial page setting this up.
IF this makes any sense, anyone know how to help?
thanks.
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