Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 22, 2004 6:22pm PSTSo over the weekend I got to see those wacky flipping Cirque guys AND the US Olympic gymnatics team doing flips. It made me feel very much like a big skinny wuss. :(
- Rumor has it, file sharing is on the rise - Software for art fraud - Wal-Mart chick in trouble, still rich - Taipei thinks WiFi is hot - You eat crappy, you act crappyLastly, we've got nine assault complaints from that proud moment for the NBA a couple days ago.
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
Carmageddon ploughing into GOG
As previously noted, Valve has been monitoring a large group people who illegally downloaded Half-Life 2. This little crackdown on illegal users came full circle yesterday by a posting from Waldo on the Steampowered.com forums.
If you know what 5J52E-FVKXV-882FQ-YJXRQ-DOD98 is for...
...and tried it, please try and refrain from being too upset in your posts.
If you don't know what it was for, it was part of a way to steal HL2 which doesn't work anymore.
All told, there's been roughly 20,000 accounts disabled that had illegally used this key in order to play Half-Life 2. Quite the job well done on Valve's end for catching the software pirates in the act.
http://www.csnation.net/comments.php?id=7641#c
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I'm getting LASIK'd tomorrow (tues), so their is a chance I could go blind.
I would like NWS links of the HAWTest females to see before I go in for surgery, in case I go blind I want the last naked woman I see to be the best the shack could provide.
I'm partial to burnettes but welcome blonde and redhead.
Thank you.
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http://img112.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img112&image=d2_coast_010000.jpg
is this jump even possible? or am i going the wrong way?
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http://www.emarketresearchgroup.com/xg_reg.htm?SID=fee02ea2ecc2d7df1435e4d722b802dd&landing_page=1&show=zip&=&p=3889&c=5202-ibmlaptop_740_emc_d4f4&catalog_id=54&affil=5408&subid=1646
Should I do it ?
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Today is going to be the slowest work day ever. :(
What temperature is everyone's CPUs running at? Mine's at 30c.
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How can I download all images in a web directory/web page? Any extensions you know about?
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Activision's PC title Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is also a no-show this week, despite being based on the Half-Life 2 engine technology and presumably hoping to do some business off the back of the hype for that game.
http://eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57257
My car was locked so they didn't touch it.
This really angers me. I live on a quiet residential street. My neighbor actually had things stolen, and he's pissed. Maybe we can camp out with bats or something >:(
I can't wait for our house with garage.
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Toys/story?id=275680
Basically went something like this.. publishers state that the vast majority of games that are innapporiate children are purchased by their parents.... guys sits there with a stupid look for like 5-10 seconds, then something like... blah blah publishers give mixes signals by saying there are no studies proving that it affects kids.. anyways.. basically he agreed that it's the parents fault for having a knowledge gap, but then turns it right back around on the gaming companies and publishers.
If you go to the site they're hawking there fucking book.. http://www.mediafamily.org/ gg MediaWise!!!
In light of this I'm reminded that I need to set aside some cash for Child's Play.. http://www.childsplaycharity.org/ which was put together by Penny Arcade last year.. it's a really great way as a gamer to give something back, and let these asshats know that not all gamers are evil.
/rant
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Speaking of PC gaming problems..
Here's my system: A64*3500, BFG 6800GToc, 2 gigs pc 3200 ram. Running HL2 in 1024 rez, Vsync on, 4x and 8x, everything else maxed.
The game looks absolutely perfect. So perfect, that sometimes I can't believe what I'm playing. I've had little if no slo-down through-out the entire game, until
the first level where you meet the strider, and you've got your squad with you. I've noticed that when a wall is broken, or theres just generally a lot of smoke, I get really bad slo-down. I haven't had any problems up until now. Anyone else get this? Shit, I'm on 1024 rez for Christ's sake...
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Communists: Central PvP Mal'Ganis (that means Horde!)
Capitalists: Central PvP Stormreaver (that means Alliance
To get in:
/join shacknews
and talk to someone.
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Makes me wonder if someone at Troika is a shacker or a lurker....
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I'm talking about singplayer obviously.
For me, something along the lines of the sonar hunters in Blast Pit, or the big scary fish where you get the crossbow.
Something like the Hydra would have balanced out the physics puzzles / vehices / human combat nicely. Really really wish it had made it in. If so, it'd probably be my favourite game EVAR.
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We are on Stormreaver and the guild charter for Giant Capitalist Robots is created, it just needs 10 signatures to create the guild. We already have a few shackers on, so it shouldn't take long!
When you join the server, type "/join shacknews" right away to get the scoop on this hot HOT stuff!
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1929362
John Green of West Bloomfield Township was identified as the fan who threw the cup at Artest, said David Gorcyca, the Oakland County prosecutor. The Detroit Free Press reported late Monday that Green has several criminal convictions, including felony assault with intent to do great bodily harm. Green has three drunken-driving convictions, and Gorcyca said a condition of Green's probation was that he not drink alcohol.
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http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2601567
Problem was, he didn't share! lol i keeed.
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http://www.maxtheater.com/index.html
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at 2:00 am, they were (on average) $290-350.
The prices are now (on average) $220-250. So I just bought it now.
what gives?
p.s.
checkout cheaptickets, expedia and orbitz. The prices continue to drop apparently
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Get your customized GUI for the game here. Blizzard approved!
http://www.cosmosui.org/
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I just checked the order status of my Cube, and it looks like I'll be receiving it a day earlier than expected (win!).
I've already got Metroid Prime and Wind Waker, and I plan on getting some of the fun party games (part of the reason I got the system) like Monkey Ball 1/2, Mario Party, Double Dash....
So my question to the shack is, what other games are going to make this worth my while?
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Before I was just running the recommended levels that it preset. Model and textures at medium, simple shadows, no AA, no AF and 1280x960.
Now I have to play the whole game over again :( secretly, :D
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I can just feel my bones getting brittle and my memory fading. At least i'm off today, gonna try to find a copy of WoW and waste the rest of my life.
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Is that very late?
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What's the lightning bolt like spells being cast in this screenshot?
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/screenshots/imageviewer.aspx?ImageIndex=27&Set=14
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See noone cares when you say that. But add a picture!! And the rocking is apparent as such!!
www.jpop.se/manorastromanrockssomuch2.jpg
/ V
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Since I got Half-Life 2, I've been having a very specific visual issue with the game. No forums have been of help. I've spent a couple of hours trying three different driver revisions, turning off Fast Writes, turning off Alternate DVI Frequency mode, changing Refresh Rates, and finally underclocking my $300 (at the time) video card.
I don't have time for this shit. It wasn't a big deal when I was 18 and could spend a couple of nights hammering out a glitch, but I'm almost 27. I am married with a full-time job. I just want to sit down and play my goddamn $50 game :( Underclocking my hardware is barely acceptable to me, as it runs literally EVERY other game in my rather sizeable collection perfectly.
When I pop in Halo 2 it just works, and I am in an online match within three minutes. As I get older the draw of powerful consoles with online capabilities only grows. I deal with PC issues 45 hours a week at work; I don't want to at home in order to play a "relaxing" game.
/rant
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Does penny arcade have a wap site so I can view the comic on the cell phone?
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