Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jul 26, 2004 6:54pm PDTWell our major round of FileShack hardware upgrades hit a fun snag this week as 3 different machines ended up getting damaged during shipping. Seriously, 3 machines. Yeah... so hot. Oh and speaking of upgrades just to make sure Mercury subscribers are able to get the DOOM3 demo in the coming weeks, we're going to triple the entire network capacity. That should do it. :)
- Wondering about DigitalTV? - Some Olympic coaching tech - Google vs MyDoom - Have you been to prison or on parole lately? Someone in your 4th grade history class has been.Lastly, apparently women are complaining because they dont like some spunk with their dental work. *shrug* What's up with that?
Dear Esther Mac port confirmed
Killing Floor hits a million sales, discounted on Steam
Jam Live Music Arcade announced for PS3, Xbox 360
Metal Gear Online to quietly die this summer
Mad Riders: Techland's ATV racer coming to PC, PSN, XBLA
http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=7229295
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Round length is 4 days so get your damn games in.
http://leagues.espnvideogames.com/t/league.php?l=7347
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040727/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_bush_mountain_biking_12
He even has a cool bike, my mountain bike is a Trek Fuel.
:)
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I posted this question a couple weeks ago and got some ideas but none them fixed the problem.
The problem is after a couple pages viewed on my website the php script will just "hang." If it's a post form, the stuff will get sent it just won't proceed to the page it was supposed to in the header() call.
It's really weird because you can go about 5-6 pages any where on the site before it just dies. If you click back and then click on the link again it still just hangs at a white screen but if you copy the url and then paste in the url box of your browser it works, refreshing also does the trick.
The scripts are very optimized I went through several times this summer cleaning up all the code, even pages that only have 1 quick mysql query with only an integer returned die randomly.
I call the memory_get_usage function and the most it ever gets up to is 300kb and that's in a big news article with 50+ comments. The render time is also never more then .2 seconds.
Any ideas?
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My Dad informed me of a Lt. Colonel he knows that he advised I talk to. Either The National Guard or Army being a possibility to obtain some much needed motivation/discipline while learning some sort of skill. The problem is I have a 3 year old son and I hate the fact I would be away from him for a possible long period of time. Also, I'm kinda old now. I know people still enlist at my age and older, but I'm concerned I might have a tough time physically in BT.
Anyone else in my situation ever contemplated enlisting? Or does anyone currently in the military have any advice for me?
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Pilot: Instrument panel acting funny
Maintenance: Instrument panel given stern talking to.
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"The subject is not given as a statement or speculation of such a demo. It is part of one possible full anagram solution found to the capped letters in the countdown on ilovebees.com. For what it's worth, here is the solution, all letters and punctuation (again, one of possibly many) :
From :
HALT - MODULE CORE HEMORRHAGE
SYSTEM PERIL DISTRIBUTED REFLEX.
STRONG INTRUSIVE INCLINATION.
COUNTDOWN TO WIDE AWAKE AND PHYSICAL :
You can get :
INDEX THIS IRONCLAD PREDICTION :
HALO TWO SINGLE PLAYER DEMO
CD-ROM DISK INCURSION AT AUGUST TWENTY FOUR.
EARTH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
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I telefragged the fag.
http://www.ipxrox.com/tomservo/doom1-ultimate-000.jpg
Level 1 = done.
http://www.ipxrox.com/tomservo/doom1-ultimate-001.jpg
Owners.
http://www.ipxrox.com/tomservo/doom1-ultimate-002.jpg
Mowin down Zombies like Redwood Forests!
http://www.ipxrox.com/tomservo/doom1-ultimate-003.jpg
Yep.
http://www.ipxrox.com/tomservo/doom1-ultimate-004.jpg
And then he decided to call me on his cell. Here's him looking for me in his phone book:
http://www.ipxrox.com/tomservo/doom1-ultimate-005.jpg
Anyway, it owned.
Afterward, we had THIS to discuss:
[23:57] tomservo899: we are kings among men
[23:57] IndyJPablo: totally
[23:58] IndyJPablo: we were in those dudes' bases killing them
[23:58] tomservo899: yes
[23:58] tomservo899: and satan didnt get us to listen to any of his bad music like he wanted us to
[23:58] tomservo899: and the terrorists didnt win
[23:58] IndyJPablo: we totally owned satan
[23:58] tomservo899: yeah
[23:58] tomservo899: satan = queer
[23:58] IndyJPablo: we were bad enough dudes to save the president
[23:58] tomservo899: YES
[23:58] tomservo899: and Blake Stone too
[23:59] tomservo899: Blake Stone is now our butler at our gay mansion
[23:59] IndyJPablo: your gay mansion mayb
[23:59] IndyJPablo: e
[23:59] IndyJPablo: with ayb and sexninja and mrsleepy
[23:59] IndyJPablo: i'm in my mansion with aveil and angelparadox and edlin and zerologik
[00:00] IndyJPablo: and maarten
[00:00] tomservo899: ahahhahaha
[00:00] tomservo899: HAHAHAHA
[00:00] tomservo899: im posting this chat log on the shack
[00:00] tomservo899: and fapping to it
[00:00] IndyJPablo: ohshi
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Maybe what's good about it though is that it isn't "normal" game music. McGlynn songs are actually real songs with a singer and everything. Curious where in the game the fit, intros and cinematics I guess?
I've never heard of McGlynn either. Are her songs used for the Japanese version of the game as well? Kind of strange that they would have the entire song in english, usually they just have a bit of engrish in them.
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Seriously.. Khan? Luke and the Force bit?
Come out of your hiding spot. Even Joe Rogan was a shacker once.
I just want to thank you for good times. :(
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http://premium.uploadit.org/tork64/FarCry0029.jpg
Pic is from "Outpost 22" map
http://www.fpscentral.com/index.php?game=7&site=news&id=6139
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What's a good place to read about parsing xml rss feeds in a html or php page? Kind of like they do with the news feeds on shacks front page.
KTANKU
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That would be a nice big loss of potential customers for id.
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It's been out of print for a couple of years.
The only link I can find for it is http://www.demon.co.uk/awol/index.html , but it's not found.
Anyone know of somewhere that sells out of print magazines?
I'm planning a rebuild of a gs1000 and I'd like to get a hold of a few issues to get some ideas.
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My old force feedback will not work on my Doom 3 system. I guess I need a USB joystick, preferably something with force feedback anyone have any suggestions?
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Oh well.
Guys who have played FFL with me for the last 3 years, give me a Shackmsg if you want to be in the "Oldtimers League". This is Jedi, degenerate, skynet, edgewise, acheron, king_darius, clay, x-eyedmary, and 4 more I've apparently forgotten (not because I hate, though). I suppose it's gotten boring the last few years with me and skynet going 1-2 or 2-1.... so I'd understand if you pussies don't want to play.
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http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/07/27/558382.html
Ja Rule was charged with assault in a Toronto club
holla!
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After all those years of FPS games, I am not sure even System Shock 2 would scare me anymore. Seen so much.
And Doom 3 will have to work even harder on scaring you, since it's designed as an actiongame, where you don't get long stretches of figuring out RPG-puzzles, while feeling alone, only to suddenly have something unexpected jump at you. In an action FPS you *expect* stuff to jump at you every minute.
So, what do you guys think?
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I was out in an office setting up someone's computer and a middle-aged guy walks in and starts talking about comedians.
"Yeah, that Carrot Top, he is quite the card. He just speaks and everything he says is funny! But ya know, one of the best comedians I've ever seen was Gallagher. Sure, he's a lousy dope-smoking hippie, but he's got some good jokes.."
Are there still people in the world who classify those with long hair as hippies? C'mon..it's 2004.
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413&DisplayLang=en
First of all this preview:
http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox/835/NASCAR-2005-Chase-for-the-Cup/p1
and for some reason this video excited me:
http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox/998/NASCAR-Racing-Action-1
Before you say "Well its just going around a circle 200 times" no its not, read the flippin preview and you will see what all it offers this year.
I cannot wait for this, and I think it could be a fun one for a group of shack racing fans.
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them: uh yea, we forgot to tell you last night, but your shift for today has changed from doing shipment 6pm-11pm to 8am-5pm. see you then! *click*
fucking hell, i forgot this time even existed
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http://www.valu-soft.com/products/mob.html
http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/mobenforcer/mobenf_setup.exe.html
Someone care to check it out and report? I'm at work right now.
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http://img58.exs.cx/img58/6034/cats2.jpg
http://img58.exs.cx/img58/4835/cats.jpg
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Onkyo 6.1 speaker system. 130 watts per channel! Plus a 220-watt active floor-firing sub. Open-box buy: normally priced at $600, I got it for $299. Mint condition. Too good a deal to pass up.
Let me tell you...I'm not an audiophile, but this is about 5x the power and clarity of my old "cheap plastic/composite-only" 5.1 system.
I'm hearing things I've never heard before on TV shows, in games, and in movies. The sub smoothly crosses over (with my old set I'd hear no bass until very low frequencies, then the woofer would pop on..crappy), the center channel is a monster (and I can actually hear all dialog clearly now), and the receiver supports DTS, DTS E, DD 5.1, DD EX, Pro Logic II, and more. Plus two component inputs, THREE digital audio inputs on the receiver. Amazing deal.
http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?m=HT-S770&class=Systems&p=i
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http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/x-men-legends/533320p1.html
I really perked up at this:
Although the game purports to be an action-RPG, I found it much heavier on the action than on the RPG elements. The basic gameplay is beat-'em-up style along the lines of a modern-day Gauntlet, but instead of playing as an elf, warrior, or sorcerer you have a large cast of characters with messed up genes to choose from.
I was worried the game was going to get mired in RPG elements, but that sounds terrific to me!
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I dig tarantiono. Resevoir Dogs is by far his best movie (again, IMHO). But from there on it just went downhill. Pulp Fiction was brilliant, but not as good as RD. Jacky Brown was ok'ish (sam L jackson rocked though). The Kill Bill saga is just a cinematic attempt to combine a few ol' kung-fu flicks. In a sucky way.
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Best car chase scene evar! Also, I want the soundtrack.
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I am disappointed by the amount of suck it is projecting onto my screen.
I had heard nothing about it, just hired it as a 'new release'. It's pretty dodgy in parts :[
Affleck is sure not afraid to star in cheese. I expected more from Thurman, though.
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http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14572,00.html
Pretty funny. Eads (Nick Stokes) claims he overslept and that's why he showed up late. Nice.
Well, I'm glad he's back; he's a pretty cool character on that show. The girl I could care less about.
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http://images.somethingawful.com/mjolnir/images/cg07272004/mrkillboy.jpg
from:
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2279&p=10
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