Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Aug 09, 2004 6:56pm PDTPleasant surprise on that CS: Source news as honestly I wasnt really holding my breath on that thing seeing the light of day for a few months. Oh and chocolate covered gummi bears are still hot.
- Big biz becoming Big bro - XBox killings? - Silicon Valley endures - Fark selling out? Prolly not - Earth to E.T. Sup?Lastly, LaToya Jackson changes her name to Toy. Her brother is still way fruitier. It's a good first step though.
Lego renews Star Wars license for ten more years
Review: Beat Hazard Ultra (iOS)
Tim Schafer expected $2000 on first day of Kickstarter funding
Trend Micro offers internet security for Vita
Super Stardust Delta launches with day-one DLC
If you haven't already, check out this thread over at SA:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1103956
It's too amazing to spoil anything by summing it up.
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I reckon I get a better idea of positioning with my stereo AKG's. Seriously, and much better quality sound.. and yes I selected 5.1 in drivers/control panel and surround sound in doom3.. I tried Far Cry too.. When you turn on the spot, sound coming from a particular source tends to switch channels ubruptly, instead of smoothly fading from one into the other so you don't notice...
I've tweaked them a little as the rear speakers were a little softer in doom3. For those with Audigy 2 ZS's who were looking where to balance the channel volumes, you need to install the Surround Mixer..
If anyones got some tips on tweaking these I'd like to hear it and I'll give it a go.. I wish I could get some z680's or something but I just wouldn't be able to use them at night or even that much in the day... I hardly ever get to use the 4.1's I've got now.
For the people wanting to get the Zalman's, if you can afford it, listen to all those Sennheiser loving naysayers and get some better quality headphones instead. In my case, I already have some but wanted to give these a go cos they're cheap and I was seduced by the 5.1 possibilities.. They'll probably end up on ebay unless I'm doing something drastically wrong..
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Imagine a tall shelf full of bottles teetering and you walk to close and it comes crashing down behind. you. You'd jump to the ceiling. I'd have more stuff like that littering the hallways waiting for an enemy or you to knock it over.
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1999 – Prince
Back In The U.S.S.R – The Beatles
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Communication Breakdown – Led Zeppelin
Float On – Modest Mouse
Fire – Jimi Hendrix
Hotel Yorba – The White Stripes
Machine Gun – The Commodores
Photograph – Def Leppard
Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
Slow Ride – Foghat
Superfreak – Rick James
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynrd
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
White Wedding – Billy Idol
Any other suggestions?
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20040809150834.html
(didn't see it posted before?)
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What weapon do you use most? (Singleplayer)
I'm still using the shotgun 70% of the time, at least. Its like my pacifier or something. I just got to the Monorail (no idea how far in I am).
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If your playing doom 3 and so far you've only been creeping around with a flashlight scared out of your mind then you should try busting out your favorite gun and try rushing into rooms instead-- its incredibly playable this way and man its a HUGE RUSH :)
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from http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/quickie
Question: Former 49er and current Cleveland Brown quarterback Jeff Garcia, with whom you played for years, has denied media rumors that he's gay. What do you think?
Answer: "Like my boy tells me: If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat."
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Do you get the BFG in Delta labs 4? I noticed the PDA about it but I never found it. I am currently in the communications facility... am I blind or do you get it later? I noticed the sarge using it when you were following him..
After spending 10 minutes going through the basics of movement, and the weapons, I put it on Marine skill level, gave her god mode, and let her play.
She played for an hour :O Not only that but the first thing she said after finishing? "The shotgun is my best friend"
I love that woman :D :D
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They explode on impact with enemies. I assumed they would just bounce off and explode on a timer, but if you toss one directly at a creature, it will detonate and obliterate it. Very handy. I now use them regularly.
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I have a fan in my room, that I turn on before I go to bed (otherwise, it gets hot as hell). So, about 11:30, I turn the fan on, and pass out.
I wake up in the morning, take a shower, and come out...only to see that the fan's "timer" has been turned on (it has a button you can press to set it to auto-off after 1, 2 or 4 hours)
The first time it happened, I thought nothing of it. I asked my wife if she had come in and turned it on, for whatever reason...she said no.
I thought that was a little strange...but then it happened AGAIN today. She seems to think the fan might just be malfunctioning...but it seems like a pretty strange malfunction for the fan to turn on it's own auto-off function, given that it never had before a few days ago.
I know it's not especially creepy, but it's just one more weird thing, when I thought maybe I had finally moved somewhere without any weird shit going on.
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ICO game design overview
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14820
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http://www.akedaveo.com/reza
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AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced that AMD Opteron(tm) processor-based servers and workstations are providing the digital backbone for the final Star Wars prequel, Episode III: "Revenge of the Sith." The AMD64 digital processing pipeline at JAK Films, the production company for Star Wars: Episode III, includes pre-visualization and pre-postproduction, which involves 3-D match moving, 3-D modeling, lighting, shading, texturing, compositing and rendering techniques. The AMD64 processor-based workstation systems are running Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP Pro, Alias' Maya and Adobe(r) After Effects software. AMD64 processor-based file server systems are running on clustered Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 software.
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thanks
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I got terrified there for a second. :(
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Seriously though, it *is* brilliant. They're forgetting that he already makes money off the web and paper comic and that for each paper that decides to give him a run he can potentially increase his readership even more.
Only think I'm sceptical about this is the appeal of the strip to the "mundanes". Alot of the jokes are gamecentered and might be hard for the average syndicated comic-strip reader..
It's a win-win situation for PvP however you look at it though, great move!
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Salma Heyek:
http://www.house-o-celebs.com/salma_heyek-09.jpg
http://xhant04.szm.sk/s_park/celeb/hayek2.jpg
Nikki Cox:
http://www.celeb-galleries.com/celebs/nikki_cox/nikki_cox05.jpg
http://www.celeb-galleries.com/celebs/nikki_cox/nikki_cox08.jpg
http://www.celeb-galleries.com/celebs/nikki_cox/nikki_cox03.jpg
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I've seen no mention or screenshots of the new Spider Demon. There was some rad concept art of it for D3. Did it get cut?
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http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/COVER/040810/pic_h_bushgross_cover_6a7.jpg
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it's not fair that the probation officers were fired. how were they supposed to know how awsome the xbox is?
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Anyway I can change the camera angle in third person so I can see the Doom guys face
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fight club game trailer
http://www.vugames.com/video_player.do?mediaId=11911
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"How to boost your Doom3 performance by 40% on ATI hardware"
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14874&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Basicly, someone (Humus) did some stuff with the shaders that should result in extra performance for ATI cards.
Haven't got benches since i traded in my 9700 PRO for a 6800 GT (zing!), but maybe some you might find this little patch interesting.
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