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by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 07, 2004 7:33am PDTSaturday, wooh. Almost Farscape watching time. I have been watching for a few months now, don't even know what season they are showing here, but I sure have come to dig the show. Steve and Sander had a lot of fun trying to get our database server running last night, but no go. It seems our Debian experiment will be short lived as we're going back to Redhat. Good times. Also on FileShack
- DuctTape 0003 - third release of the DOOM 3 mod which sticks a flashlight to the machinegun and shotgun.
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
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISTAN. GOOD BOY.
http://haiku.shacknews.com/!/birthdayboy.jpg
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Id like to put a new computer together. Look at stuffz
The case.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-144-022&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE
The ram.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-305&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE
The motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-177&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE
The processor.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-486&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE
I already have a 9800 pro and hard drives and everything else. I probaly wont be overclocking that much if at all so thats why I chose that ram. Only thing im not sure about is the mobo and the psu in that case.
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Download the Microsoft Baseline Security Advisor v1.2:
This little gem will scan your system configuration and detect any missing or outdated patches and security updates. Just released yesterday...
MBSA Version 1.2 includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems. MBSA runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 systems and will scan for common system misconfigurations in the following products: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server (IIS), SQL Server, Internet Explorer, and Office. MBSA 1.2 will also scan for missing security updates for the following products: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, IIS, SQL Server, Internet Explorer, Exchange Server, Windows Media Player, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), MSXML, Microsoft Virtual Machine, Commerce Server, Content Management Server, BizTalk Server, Host Integration Server, and Office.
I try keep my stuff up to date and run Windows Update weekly, but the tool still found 2 outdated security updates, 3 potential security issues with my (default) IIS installation! I highly recommend this to everyone.
screenshot #1: http://www.s87446137.onlinehome.us/MBSA.png
screenshot #2: http://www.s87446137.onlinehome.us/MBSA2.png
MS download: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsahome.mspx
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Time to buy textbooks!
http://www.bookhq.com/
http://pdxbooks.com/
http://www.half.com
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.addall.com
http://www.fetchbook.info/
Buy your books cheap online and SAVE.
+10 informative
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Is there an always run? I don't seem to see it... and hours of running around holding down the shift key is becoming decidedly unfun.
Mixed feelings so far about this game. The best points have given me goosebumps and that hasn't ever happened before. Almost jumped out of my pants a couple times...
On the downside, suddenly bam you're in a jumping puzzle ruining your immersive experience, trying to fight in the dark when you have a flashlight = the lame, and damn but the ammo clips should hold a bit more ammo.
So nice on many levels though.
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Jesus fucking christ, I don't think I've laughed that much in ages.
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I heard it sucks an ungodly amount of poo but a few minutes into it I can say one thing. It LOOKS awesome. Really good space cgi.
Are there any more Trek movies in the works?
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He lost me at the invalid point he was trying to make at 3:30 into the review about "why are you the one space marine that can survive all of the madness going on? Why you?"
Why? Because without the hero character there is no story.
Did anyone say that about Half-Life? How does a geeky scientist get to be this hero with incredible aim, command of high-powered weapons, and unmatched stamina?
Seriously, Gamespot just totally missed the boat on this one.
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man, i would so mooch. this whole bills thing, i'm not really about that.
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I have a santa cruz card. I have altec lansing 5.1 speaker setup. I went to the control panel and have tried the settinsgs for 5.1, 4.1, and surround sound. All I get is stereo out of my surround setup which obviously sucks. Any suggestions, I am clueless.
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http://users.adelphia.net/~jrockcls/shot00038.jpg
I love moving through that map with the shotty. Just watch out for the RL campers hiding in the dark corner near the RL spawn, and try to time the mega health generator well and you're set.
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Here's my story: I've got a P4 2.8 GHz w/ 1 gig ram, but a geforce2 gts. Can someone recommend a video card for under $200 that will make me happy? I have no brand loyalty to either nvidia or ati.
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i'm moving in with a guy and his wife. what's the usual policy here since all i'm doing is renting one room out of the house basically. do i still split it 50 50 or do i pay a little less or what. i just want to know whats courteous before i go in to this. i've never really had a real roomate before since i've lived with my wife.
lay down the good boy rules for me on this shack. what i should be responsible for other than splitting utilities etc.
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I used to know how to fix this, but I've forgotten, and I can't find the site that I originally found the info on. So now Shack is my only hope.
Basically, I've lost the little speaker volume control icon from my system tray, how do I get it back?!
Fanks in advance.
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This is one of the only times I've felt semi-confident in the game:
http://home.maine.rr.com/evildolemite/loadout.jpg
This is what happens when you mix Zombies with Chainsaws:
http://home.maine.rr.com/evildolemite/corpse.jpg (Observing my target)
http://home.maine.rr.com/evildolemite/corpse2.jpg (First hearty swipe)
http://home.maine.rr.com/evildolemite/corpse3.jpg (Delectable remnants)
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Kinda a spolier I guess.. even if it is my over active imagination...
http://uploader.stonedonkey.com/uploads/doom.cx.jpg
Also need some help if anyone is deep into the game...
I've opened the entry to the cavern, but can't seem to find the stupid car that you goto after it's open... I see the room with the guy in it, a control room, and the garage with all the candles and shiznit.. I can't find where I'm supposed to go.. meh!
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A person here was transfering a large (3.2GB) file to this laptop over msn. The transfer stopped near the end though and now I don't have much space left. I can't find the partially completed file either. I've checked the windows temp directory but found nothing. Is there a program that will display the size of files on a drive or does anyone know where this temp file is located and how to get rid of it?
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I was standing around watching this level 50 guy killing..something last night in Steel Canyon when I got caught in the cross fire and insta-fried. Anyway, he said he felt bad and told me to empty out my Enhancements at which time he gave me a crap load of level 50 stuff and told me to sell them for money. He also said that at level 12 I could outfit myself totally with the cash. My question is, with a few hundred thousand in points, what do I load up on at level 12? Origin specific stuff? I've got 2 levels to go and just wonder what to spend it on..
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his current system:
- P3 500MHz
- 128MB sdram
- my old GF3
he wants me to tell him what to buy... here's what i came up with:
- SHuttle AN35N Ultra: $55
- Barton 2500+ or 2600+: $100
- case; something inexpensive w/ a 350w PSU: $40
- 512MB PC2700: $75
- a $200ish videocard; will a nv gf5 run doom3 better than a 9800?
total about $470 before a new hard drive that he can get by without having for a bit..
seem like a decent system?
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http://www.pinkystar.com/pds/contents/solo/200401/ttws3.wmv
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http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=TA526LL/A
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http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=1077
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I just picked up a portrait lens, of sorts, for my Canon AE-1. It's a 135mm, f2.8 Soligor with an integrated lens hood. This means I no longer have to dig out the 78-210mm f3.5 zoom lens when I want to take a shot that needs at least 100mm focal length. I also picked up some slide film: two rolls of Fuji Sensia 100, and one of Velvia 50. I'll save one roll for the New England foliage in October, to capture it in all its glory.
So now my AE-1 has a full complement of lenses: 50mm, wide angle (28mm), zoom (78-210mm), and portrait (135mm).
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Multi during daylight; SP at night. At least the first time through.
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i had some extra memory hanging around from a frend's computer that went tits up. and just to indulge my curiosity, i figured i'd benchmark doom3 with 512mb system memory vs. a gig.
the test machine is a 2500+ on a shuttle motherboard with a 9800pro.
the settings were 1024x768, high detail, no aa, no af.
i ran the timedemo twice.
512mb:
33.4fps, 39.2fps
1024mb:
33.7fpa, 40.4fps
conclusion: there is an improvement with an extra half gig, but it's not worth worrying about if you have only 512...
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http://home.no.net/vwpage/SYREHUE.mpeg
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