Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 10, 2004 6:24pm PSTOk I'm sneezing like crazy... what the hell is going on here.
- Stem cells hot or not? - Spanking? Thanks Troy - IBMs new fast computer - Hey kids, eat greasy food and do drugs, its cool! - So... DSL or cable?Lastly, you need to see more ads while you wait for dinner. FYI.
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://maxxx.is-a-geek.org/ILB.torrent
I Love Bees DVD torrent. This is the disc they gave out at those training sessions a few days ago. It's basically a 5 hour Halo-universe radio play + some behind the scenes stuff on the disc. Don't worry, I got the OK from a mod to post it.
Enjoy!
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Can you say holy FUCKING painful SHIT?!
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I had to give it my crappy Microsoft USB wireless networking adapter that my desktop was using (I'm amazed that the Tivo works with it). So I need to get a new wireless adapater for my desktop. Is http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-124-115&depa=0 pretty decent?
Also, need to upgrade the hard drive in the Tivo. Is 200 gigs for $110 pretty good? http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=22-140-151&DEPA=0
But the multiplayer I cant really seem to enjoy, and its all the controllers fault. I cant help but think the game could be so much better if only it had a mouse/KB. I ask myself, "self... do you really want to try to master this games multiplayer considering the aim is completely retarded in comparison to a mouse?". And I think the answer is no. Why bother spending tons of time trying to get all competitive with it when the controls are flawed from the get go. The key I guess is just to have fun with it, and not give so much of a shit about being all e-sports with it. I could spend the next year of my life playing with that controller, and I still wouldn't have half the aim I would with a mouse. It saddens me =(
Last night I scrimmed a few times with a bunch of CAL Invite halo players, and I just got my ass whooped repeatedly. I miss the precision aiming, and I feel like this game is based a lot on "pray and spray". Then again, I've only been playing for a few days, and maybe I just gotta retrain my brain or something.
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Vader and Heidi for the win
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Yikes...
The current headset managed to break (for once) in a way that I can cheaply tape it together, and it sort of works...
I need a mic for gaming that will work with my XBOX Live plus work on my PC (I currently use a $5 adapter from radio Shack that lets me plug my XBOX live mic into my PC) AND I also use the mic for WORK (when talking on the phone with clients).
Is the new fancy Halo 2 mic worth the bucks? Sticking in my ear...does it sound that good?
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Really early quest as an Orc I had to go into a cave and grab some medallion, well there was a group of about six people that killed the guy and grabbed the medallion as I walked up so I had to wait a few minutes for him to respawn. As the other people leave they mention that we should all join a party that way we all get the quest drop. So I invited the other two people that just walked up, they take some time so I explain again that if they join my party we all get the quest drop. Both of them declined my offer.
So when the guy spawns I keep my distance and highlight him while the other two chumps hack away at him. Once he gets down to 1/10th health I use my warrior's Dash technique which allows me to close about 25ft in 1/2 second and do a fast attack. So I dash up to him whack him for the last hit take the kill and grab the medallion and leave those chumps to wait another few minutes.
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Nothing says "I love you" more than a fake handbag. SO, I call upon the power of the shack to locate this fruity bag on the intarwebs. Also, is that a Louis Vuitton knockoff? Actually Mrs. Phil asked for the fake - she said that's she's been faking it for this long, why stop now. I was like OH SNAP +LOL & then "wait a minute...?"
oh since the pic is a bit nws and I dont want to nws the main post...
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Where is this marvel of architecture???
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SHACKBATTLE ANNOUNCMENT
for Thursday November 11th
We will be playing Battlefield 1942
http://www.shackbattles.net/battles/view.php?battle_id=311
The games have been small but fun lately. So come on in and join us.
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never forget, always remember.
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Since some others are whining about their jobs ->
How do you deal with a shitty, miserable boss? Is it worth mentioning to a superior who is real buddy buddy with said miserable boss?
Everyone directly underneath her realizes it but everyone just *deals* and prays for something to change the situation for them. This can't be how life is right?
<insert witty replies down here vvv>
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I think it is the SR-71 Blackbird.
http://www.sr-71.org/photogallery/blackbird/06930/06930-06.htm
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I've played WoW more than that and I'll probably play WoW all night tonight.
I...I...I'll play Halo 2....WHEN I'M GOOD AND READY!!
K?
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Augh, for the life of me I can't remember the name of it. Sigh.
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I have backed up my HL2 pre-loaded files using Valve's new backup utility and stashed them on my iPod (My HD is 18 GB - really premium for space). How do I know if I have all of them and how do I restore them when it's released? I don't want to be panicking trying to get this on Nov. 16th after I've already had it for a month.
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http://www.google.com/googleblog/2004/11/googles-index-nearly-doubles.html
©2004 Google - Searching 8,058,044,651 web pages
apparently google's search-range doubled yesterday
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how about HL:S now as a teaser plz?
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I'd like to use WinHIIP to load the games, so that brings my question.
What format do I need to rip the discs into? Is there a special program for ripping or can I use CloneCD/Alcohol 120%...
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Best thing ever... Wife buying me new gear, 20D, 70-200 f4L, 17-40 f4L, 50mm f1.8, bag, filters, 1gb CF.
2nd Worst thing ever... Waking up in a cold sweat after having a dream of getting all my current gear ripped off again while at a club, and having the cop laugh at me after I tell him the D-Rebel got stolen the week prior. wtf?
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Also i haven't been able to update Windows since before system pack 2. it downloads okay but not even a fresh window's install lets me update. it gives me a bunch of random errors that change with every install attempt (not that i can find a key to find out what the weird error codes mean). i've tried the MS windows update troublershooter and it's really not helpful. so if you could help me out that would be most awesome
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Back in the day most people would edit in options not to use EAX because it was a resource hog and would just use the standard settings?
Is this still the case?
Are there any zombie-esque enemies in Halo 2, either like or actually the Flood combat forms?
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