Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
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
First Post!
by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 23, 2003 7:18am PDTThat Chaser multiplayer demo was kinda ok. Some nice weapons, some nice graphical touches despite mostly average graphics otherwise. I just hate any game with rounds. I want to play, not wait. The harddrive fun continues. Thankfully I have an older 60GB drive I can replace my 40GB C: drive with (the 60gb is 5400rpm vs this one's 7200). It will have to do for now. Problem doesnt seem to be getting much worse, as in bad blocks spreading, but yeah PIO mode is pretty damn slow. Movie: Anything is possible, Mario, you just gotta believe in it.
Repost for the daywalkers
New ShackCSS with filter icons and other silly stuff!
http://images.tinytimm.com/?i=shackcss_teaser.gif & http://www.oppdater.no/timm/preview_img.gif . There's also a version based on skold's colors at: http://images.tinytimm.com/?i=shackcss_teaser_skoldsversi.gif
NWS NOTE: If you're shacking from work and you aren't too keen on the NWS boobies icon, there's a cencored version in the "cencored_nws" folder. Copy it to the root dir and overwrite the existing icon_nws.gif image.
Download: http://www.oppdater.no/timm/timm_shackCSS.zip or http://www.oppdater.no/timm/timm_shackCSS_based_on_skold.zip
Readme.txt / http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8028656 has install instructions.
Remember to set your filters correctly at http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/options_nuked.x - Also, to see that it works, take a look at http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8023193 :)
I'm 22 now and the hair on the top of my head has decided to evacuate the premises and move on to greener pastures (i.e. the sink and shower drain). I'm wondering if any of you guys have had any experience with Rogaine and/or any other hair growth products or have had any friends/family members try out these products. I'd be all for shaving my head if I wouldn't look like a jewish neo-nazi afterwards. Anyone?
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New Preview PDF renderer = fast, very fast, I presume that was a dually G5 running it, but whatever it was it was way faster than Acrobat 6 on this 2.2Ghz Athlon, and I mean WAAAY faster.
tweaks to mail = They've given it the webcore HTML renderer, that alone should be a hugeass speedup, the threaded conversation support is an 'about time too' feature
Fontbook = ask someone that does layout work, I'm going 'mmkay' here...
fast user switching = windows had it first, but the Panther implementation looks pretty slick. I'd have to use it to really give judgement there.
iChat = meh, they've added audio/video, I'll stick to Fire for ICQ/IM support for the time being, does look pretty slick though.
iSight = anyone in the video camera krew got anything to say about this?, I think it's a nice little piece of kit.. looks like they've taken a non-crap camera and webcam'd it.. but I'm really quite apathetic towards it.
xCode = not my area, the as-you-code compilation sounds sounds cool though.
Still chasing codewarrior in the raw compile time stakes though.
Distributed builds also sounds cool... imagine a beowulf cluster of compilers
Seems like they've tacked on an interpretive+JIT engine to speed up development rather than waiting for it to recompile in the proper manner ?, Would be my guess, since he just edited a piece of code and the program changed behaviour..
ONE MORE THING...
UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF UNF + boohiss @ FX5200
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Share an Mp3
http://www.n0s.net/mp3s/Dave%20Pirner%20-%20Tube%20of%20Wonderful.mp3
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in marrowwind what is the best kind of heavy armor and where can I get it?
thanks
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The other machines are meh.. mostly because they don't offer a single processor 2ghz machine.
Also, I just gotta say, the SPEC test was totally bogus. You can't say using GCC across platforms is equalizing in any way, as the optimizing back-ends are entirely different for each architecture. The official SPEC scores for the P4 are considerably higher when built with the Intel compiler. I admit, however, that the Intel compiler is not exactly a popular piece of software in the development world.. but still, even MSOC 13.x is superior to GCC and in wide use. Really, my point with this is that your -only- option for decent performance on a G5 is to use GCC 3.3, and everyone will be building with it. On the x86 side, Windows software is almost entirely NOT built with GCC.
I don't need marketroid bakeoffs to tell me that the G5 tower sports a high-end architecture. If they do deliver a 3ghz part within a year, as they say, these systems will remain at the high end, and will remain highly desirable Unix workstations. I would venture a guess that in terms of Unix workstations, there is *NO* competition whatsoever for these machines. The only thing holding them back now is a lack of drivers for the highest end professional 3D cards.. a situation that I imagine will be quickly remedied now that other components of the machine are no longer massive bottlenecks.
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Okay. So I graduated college last month, with a computer engineering degree. Awesome. Now I've been sitting around for the past 3 weeks, looking for jobs and finding that the economy + recent college graduates + companies downsizing/having hiring freezes != good for me. So whoopdedoo, I try and get my old job back, yes, at Old Navy, the clothing store.
Okay. So the last time I worked at Old Navy was 2 Christmases ago. Back then, a few cool managers were still around. I go in last week and find that none of my former managers are around anymore. Okay, fine. Reapply for job, find that other cute girls that I used to work with are still around. Manager says, hey, come back Monday for an interview (today).
Now, being summer and all, there's fucking construction everywhere around my house. Radicus can attest to the clusterfuck of an intersection we have that is the main artery to the freeway. So yeah, I kinda forgot this on my way over to the interview, and it takes me 45 minutes to get to Old Navy, when it normally takes me 15. So I'm 15 minutes late.
I get back to where they're interviewing people, and the manager says, "Who are you? Okay, you're 15 minutes late. What's the deal?"
"Well, I apologize for being late, I got caught up in all the construction and traffic, I'm sorry."
"I usually don't take people for interviews if they're this late, I'm sorry, you can stand around and hang out or you can leave."
"Well, I guess I'll leave then."
I talk to one of the other managers on my way out:
"Look, I don't think it's fair for her to not even accept me for an interview, is there any way I can come back again?"
"Well, she's the store manager, and she does all the hiring, you can try calling back later, but honestly I don't think she'll even listen to you."
FUCK. You know what? Fuck all of them. So you're a fucking manager at Old Navy. Were you ever late? I'm so sick and tired of the MAIN intersection near my house being a flashing red light at PEAK hours. I'm sick of looking for a job. I'm sick of dealing with stupid people. I'm sick of this job market.
But most of all, fuck that manager at Old Navy, she probably didn't even review my application and realize that I had worked there for over a year prior. Make me interview again for a PEON position? Bullshit, all I wanted was to stand at the register and make $8 an hour until I found a damn job. And then for her to be unnecessarily rude to me, telling me, "oh, you're welcome to stand around if you want"...fuck you
RANT OFF
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the damn fucking thing nearly ripped the plastic bag handle.
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sig line from a poster on smartphone.modaco.com
I thot it was pretty good...
are there any shackers that live in the mid - florida / orlando area? I may need to either crash someplace, or need to know where i can get some decent lodging for 3-4 days...
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In the U.k we love an underdog. If someones chances of making it big are low then we're always behind them. Always rooting for them. We're generally always enthusiastic and willing to beleive they'll make something of it.
Inversley in the U.S.A i've noticed people are generally more skeptical. More likely to tell you "yeah i used to think like that, then i grew up and realised what the world its really like." Most folks arn't willing to beleive an honest nobody is gonna make something really special for themselves.
Then on the flip side...
In the U.k if someone does make it big, someone with the odds stacked against them, does crack it. We turn our back on them, we automaticly assume they cheated or don't deserve half what they half. Within a week we'll be fucking sick to death of them.
In the U.S.A it seems to be totally different. You guys celebrate and congratulate anyone who does achieve. Its almost as if they get on to an untouchable higher plane. Especially in the media. You guys love a sucsess story.
I'm not saying one is nastier or better than the other, just was wondering what you thought.
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I have DirectX 9. Should I be running 9a?
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Disc vs. Disk
A floppy or hard drive would be considered a disk. A CD or DVD would be considered a disc. 5 1/4" = disk. It's not "compact disk". It's a Zip disk, not Zip disc. DISC vs DISK.
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ok probably not but its good fapping material kekeke
i'm sure i'll get flamed now for no other reason than I posted and that means its time to flame cigam! weeee
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Iam wating uuuuuuu, Gerbils, hamsters, etc.
We'll be using Teamspeak 2 again (see Crimsonbeak's post here: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7835820 ). Please split into team channels. As for strategies, check out Nov4's informative post (which is my post that I couldn't post because of length), and the responses for some suggestions. Last night's Shackbattle was huge.
I'm going to out of town from Wednesday through next Monday or so. Someone else will have to announce the Shackbattles while I'm gone.
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i like outlook express
ive used it since it replaced internet mail & news (yeh i know its msimn2 sorta)
i like it, i have HEAPS of email and its fast, ive tried other programs and they slow to a crawl.
it works well with my 15 email accounts , and all the rules i have set up for it.
every other email program ive tried fails to do what i can make oe do.
no ive never had an email virus or worm or whatever, cos i have antivirus program that i update, and i have a funky firewall with email filter thingy. so all those problems dont even matter. it doesnt crash, it doesnt use insane amounts of ram, and its pretty. :)
you can all hate me now :(
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If I couldnt get a Dell Precision for 1500 bucks new, I'd jump all over that G5 shit.
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Opinions can OBVIOUSLY be false. For example, if my opinion is that a Voodoo1 is a better 3D card than a Radeon 9700, my opinion is wrong. Obviously that's a contrived example, but there are not-so-contrived examples all the time. You can't just say your opinion can't be false "because it's my opinion". If it uses incorrect data to back it up, it sure as heck CAN be false.
Probably no one else cares. I'm sure someone will explain to me that the word "opinion" was the wrong word to us, and get into semantic games. Maybe I deserve it since I guess I'm sort of playing semantic games myself here.
The reason I'm posting this is because of a really stupid post made by a really stupid person that I just happened to go back through my history and read, and got annoyed at.
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me thinks imma have popeye's because it's monday and their monday special, three pieces plus smashed potatoes and a biscuit is a great deal for two dollars, and it's the closest store of all.
omg. it's only 10:30? jeez. i was thinking about dinner.
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