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by Steve Gibson, Jul 28, 2004 5:56pm PDTSo I had the chance to try out some 5.1 headphones today by Pioneer and to say I was doubtful that they could recreate the sensation of surround sound would be an understatement. I was thinking no freakin way... but holy crap I was mistaken. It's amazing... and if you're the type who can justify $400 on a videocard, I might suggest $400 on something like this if your home computer or TV/video setup doesnt allow for a speaker system setup. DOOM3 is going to be in surround sound ladies.. the future is now! Oh there are cheaper ones by the way, but most of the audio geeks dont have much positive to say about the lower end stuff.
- Thin clients hot? - Here comes the next Batman movie... - DVRs in danger? - There is even more LOTR footage out there not even in the EE - Martha Stewart being goofy with her jail timeLastly, here is your latest games blamed for violence story. Thanks Bagpuss
http://cn.mail.yahoo.com/event/mail_1g/1gb_01.htm
If you know Chinese.
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Fresh install, no network cable in, installed kiero. Reboot and I guess I accepted the wrong things but I got blaster/ie page reset/bunch of other shit. I hate computers :(
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I bought an Infinity Basslink T on eBay over a week ago, and the guy sent me the tracking number for it like the day after I ordered. So far so good. Well a week passed, and the tracking number page via UPS says the package is still in Houston (it's been there since the 19th). The status is "In-Transit" and to my city. I e-mailed the seller (who has like 5000 positive feedback, 99.9%) and he said I have to talk to UPS. I did and they told me the seller had to get a "tracer" or something to find out what happened.
So does anyone have any idea what happened or how long this could delay things. I want my Basslink =(
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OMG! Michael Moore almost killed a man!
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my 6800
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http://www.ratfest.org/star/RatVegas2v2.w3g
Action starts early and never stops. Good play by all 4 players and some wonderful starting "trashtalk" that really highlights the awesome "community" on bnet :)
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I'm selling an item that is probably worth around $200-300. Is it better to start it at $0.99 and then set a reserve to around $180? That would help avoid paying the high insertion fee if I started it at $180.
Or is it better to start it at $180 and put no reserve?
Thoughts?
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In regards to the PROMO deal on the A64 (here: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8254640).
I just checked my order status and it said:
Reg Order Process - Credit Card Verification Done. Your order is in process at our warehouse
Oh my god? Will my 350 watt PS be okay for this system?
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Best part was The part where Kip puts the tupperware bowl under Uncle Rico's van and backs over it I dunno why, but that shit made me laugh longtime.
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If you have Office XP, go into Word, set your font as Wingdings 2.
Type: Q33 NY = Flight number Destination
o_O
Odd.
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so this movie reminds me of gaping anus
http://imdb.com/gallery/ss/0368447/Ss/0368447/Village_Onesheet.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0368447
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17525
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there are so many professors in my university who don't use course websites at all. very very few professors maintain their own personal site (my honors prof is one actually). this is the 21st century ... wake up :/
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Guys, the PDA box you turned in is missing its manual. Guyinmygroup said he was going to return it on Tuesday, but hasn't yet done so. We consider PDAs checked out to an entire group, so if you don't get the manual back to me by Monday (the deadline for grade submission) you're each going to get an Incomplete. I'll be in and around my office today until 3:30 or so, and I'll be in my office tomorrow from roughly 10 until 4.
Professor Guy
Not good...not good at all.
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Half-Life 2 coming in September (PC)
PlanetHalfLife is reporting that in a chat with Half-Life Radio, Valve's Doug Lombardi revealed some details about what's going on with Half-Life 2 and finally gives a preliminary release date.
"Half-Life 2 will be passed on to publisher Vivendi for final mastering and duplication within days for it's early August target. The official appearance will make store shelves sometime in mid to late September."
*GRIN*
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Alex May-shee-us
Or Alex Mah-tee-ahs ?
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Good early signs for "The Village"
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http://www.superherohype.com/index.php?id=1772
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lots of gaming news coming out this last couple of weeks. I haven't seen this much CNN font on the frontpage for awhile.
*Pierce Brosnan is out as James Bond at least in his eyes, saying "That's it, I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond. Bond is another lifetime behind me.†The rumor and apparently this is a pretty reliable rumor, though I'm not so sure... is that Eric Bana is the man who's taking over the 007 reigns.
http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=18051
*Warner Bros sucks balls. According to news at IGNDVD apparently Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on DVD will be released in a snapper case. At least it's labeled that under packaging. It'll be released November 23. By the way, the next book (book6) will be titled Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince if you didn't know.
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/534/534015p1.html
*So the guy from the Shield is playing The Thing in the new Fantastic Four movie. I just found out, thought it was cool, I guess it's old news. Anyway the full cast: Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm/The Thing), Jessica Alba (Susan Storm/The Invisible Girl) and Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic). Chris Evans also plays Johnny Storm/The Human Torch. Interview with Chiklis on the movie & The Shield here.
http://www.superherohype.com/fantasticfour/index.php?id=1794
*Avi Arad is supposed to be giving a Marvel Movie update, with a special webcast on July 29. Apparently or perhaps hopefully it's going to cover X3 and what the hells gonna happen with it now that Singer left to go film Superman Returns.
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http://img69.exs.cx/img69/8567/Azeroth.jpg
and
http://img69.exs.cx/img69/5758/Kalimdor.jpg
you can sort of see how each zone is seperated out. To get an idea of how large that is look at Kalimdor. Scroll halfway down to the little orange thing jutting out on the right. The zone just to the left of it takes you about 15minutes to run nonstop from the top to the bottom.
thx 2 some dudes on SA
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http://www.zyklonbee.com/nitro/newbody%20013.jpg
http://www.zyklonbee.com/nitro/newbody%20016.jpg
Pretty sweet to see it come together like that. You paint the inside of the body, so you kind of paint it inside-out, a little weird.
More nitro stuff (including divx I made) in
http://www.zyklonbee.com/nitro
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I get vertical flickering. It's like reaaally slooooow. One "bar" or whatever moving downards vertically. It's slightly darker than the rest and the color is grayscale around it. Take about a minute to move from the top to the bottom.
Almost looks like when you had to adjust the tracking on old VCR's...
I have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Saphire).
Suggestions?
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It's about time I bought a DVD burner, Newegg has this deal reported on slickdeals:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?DEPA=0&description=27-152-025&ATT=CD+DVD+Burners+RW+Dr&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r
Is there anything I should be aware of before making this purchase? I'm mostly buying it to backup all the pictures from our digital camera.
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I thought the attachment limit for Gmail was 10mb?
This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
Your message is larger than the destination computer is willing to
accept, so it was returned.
:(
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http://www.bar-of-soap.com/ipod.php - a great resource to verify authenticity
http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?compid=W1035561&national=Y - BBB review of the company behind it
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?s=1cf622caadc280fb3e22f62c2b506a7f&t=149341 - pictures and stuff
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/freeipodconga/ - yahoo groups link
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Newegg is running a sale on WindowsXP Pro ($138) that ends today. There is a requirement that it must be purchased with hardware. Does anyone have any experience with this requirement? Is there specific hardware that qualifies, or can I buy just about anything? I need a new video card, so this would be a good excuse to buy one, but I need two licenses of the OS.
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Is there anyway i could record the audio anyway externally from that software? I'm sure there is other mixing programs which will record a session but this is freeware and i don't have time to learn anything too complicated.
I'm using a g4 ibook, and i basicly need to know if their is some function in OSX or some piece of freeware i can download that will simply record/save any audio passing through the sound card? i dont even know if what i'm asking makes any sense...
cheers in advance anyway :)
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For me, it would be a tough call between the original Red Alert, TIE Fighter, and Starcraft
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http://www.eurweb.com/articles/headlines/07292004/headlines1562407292004.cfm
If its true, then way to go dumbass.
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Im replacing a chick's motherboard and the local store has some Biostars for cheap. I dont need anyhting fancy, just a decent, stable mobo.
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1) Don't have the money, which is a minor reason, I'd buy it anyway even if I didn't if it wasn't for the second step.
2) I just don't think I have the PC that would make the experience worth it. I've got a P4 2.4ghz with 512mb RAM... so I'm sure it could probably play it, but not in nearly-super high quality mode... but then I've got a crappy SB Live! Value in there with some shitty stereo speakers... so i just don't think the experience would be "as good as" some other people's experiences... so I just don't really care.
It's too overblown at this point, all "uber system" this and "should I upgrade this" and blah blah. For those of us without the money to build a new system every six month, Doom 3 just seems like a ridiculous oddity for the rich and powerful. (Sort of like George W).
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