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by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 20, 2003 7:04am PDTLooks like The Hulk isn't a rotting pile of dung after all. Certainly not very impressive though. But hell maybe I have to go to see it. Hard drive problems continue..on my own PC this time. About a week ago I noticed my computer suddenly became very sluggish, locking for several seconds at a time. So I went around looking in the device manager when I saw my primary hard drive was running in PIO mode. Sweet! I thought, how did that happen. After some Googling I found that Windows automatically puts a drive in PIO mode if there are too many errors. Indeed, the System Event log showed a few "bad block" errors. Ran scan disk, it fixed a few things, and I reinstalled the IDE controller so it would go to Ultra DMA mode again. Problem fixed I had thought, but yesterday the problems came back (see image). And this Maxtor drive is maybe two years old, at best. They just don't make hardware like they used to.. Movie: A little gasoline, blowtorch ... no problem.
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38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/19/teenager.killed.ap/index.html
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The Secret™
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I don't know how many shackers have an Audigy 1 soundcard on Windows XP. I do. Overall it's been a pretty decent card with the latest drivers. However, sound with BF1942 recently has been frustrating. 1.3x introduced some popping with Hardware Accel. turned on. DC .38 + BF 1.4 indroduced me to the complete PC freeze up. Since I installed BF, it never gave me more than 32 Directsound channels, when I believe the card is capable of 64.
Considering it seemed like a sound issue, I looked into the driver situation for the Audigy. It's been a pretty long time since they've released new drivers. The beta ones they offered with EAX enhancements took away my rear speakers.
On their newsgroups, I found this link:
http://www.tech-pc.co.uk/audigy-1.php
It gives you step-by-step instructions on how to install the newer Audigy 2 drivers for your Audigy 1 card.
After doing this procedure my sound is 10x better. BF1942 no longer freezes up and the popping is all gone. All my other games seem to have gotten a performance boost.
Just wanted to help some other shackers out.
omg tldr
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What kindov questions can they ask.
My reason of stay visit for vacation
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http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?query=drucifer
vs.
http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?query=edlin
Yep, he's still kicking my butt.
Drucifer Drucifer Drucifer :)
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/magazine/22SAVANT.html?pagewanted=1
Involves brain stimulation, discussion of autism, what really "lies within" the brain. It's a science experiment - involving magnetic pulses directly into your brain lobes. This gadget can apparently unlock some pretty funky properties of the brain.... wow.
This definitely deserves the: HEAD EXPLODES award.
A good read. Suggested for EvilDolemite especially. And maybe Rosewood. :D
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Boy, what a shame about The Hulk! It would've been much better if there was a ten minute dance sequence - and if the effects could look half as good as the swarms of Agent Smiths. Plus, I kind of like characters that have creative names; while Hulk and Thunderbolt are cool, I want dynamo titles like Morpheus, Neo, and my favorite:The Keymaker!]
In addition to the film's many, many shortcomings (including those ridiculous monster dogs - how unrealistic!) , I was disappointed by the lack of hacking and/or any cyberpunk themes. Being an avid computer buff, I JUST LOVE films that portray hackers and geeks as neo-gods with amazing superpowers (like flight!) and hot-to-trot girlfriends - instead of the pale, inadequate, emotionally damaged dregs they are here in the real world.
So, to summarize: The Hulk is a boring piece of shit. Way too ponderous for summer fare. Perhaps if they had included a seen with The Hulk hacking into a mainframe, or perhaps fighting one-hundred Hulk-dogs, I would've liked it. But seeing as they - the incredibly stupid filmakers- didn't...
Anyhow, save your money by not seeing this bore-fest; no fourteen minute car chase filled with video-gamey effects = no dice. Try again, Ang Lee - or better yet, DON'T.
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What's in your Systray?
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Wow.
And she's playing BF all this time and I didn't realize she was a girl. And she plays VERY well, too.. wtf? :)
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it's too bad the first 3 episodes were so painful to sit through
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Try his cover of Slayer's Angel of Death, or Metallica's Creeping Death. I don't know what to say but this is the strangest shit I have ever heard.
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The Art Of Turboing (escalating a customer support incident straight to the top).
http://www.macwhiz.com/articles/art-of-turboing.html
Be sure to read his article about his experience with CompUSA (linked near the top under "related") after you read this, it's hilarious (and true).
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BUT.
Holy crap- did you know that if you have AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon and also have regular Text Messaging(SMS) on your cellphone that you can do AOL Instant Messager on your cellphone?! Its really bad ass and I've been doing it all day with my verizon cellphone (when I get my AT&T cellphone [see reply], I'll be doing it with them too).
Just go to http://www.aim.com/wireless/ - its free besides normal text messaging charges! I've been doing it with my simple kyocera 2035a all day, and its a blast :) Anyways.. read my sob story of being screwed by Verizon and tell me if it happened to you too.
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me = mega anxious
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Wish me luck!
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major issue in reply
pewt
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And I must say, it's more entertaining than playing.
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i want to show it to a guy i work with, but i don't want to loan out my copy.
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Bocage
Berlin
All the pacific maps
Coral Sea <== REALLY BLOWS
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Girls that were mildly hot in high school and are now FAT.
You now have no right to be a bitch, cunt!
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