Evening Reading

by Steve Gibson, Nov 30, 2004 5:30pm PST

Related Topics – Sony, Wack News

Well it looks like some Half-Life 2 deathmatch tonight! (I hope?)I suppose I coulda fussed around with some commands to play sooner if I was really eager. Hopefully there are lots of toilets, otherwise I will complain about that teaser image being misleading.

- Tracking a thought - Beware of WiFi Virii - Shockingly, genetics matter in athletics - Energetic wind - Sony's iPod killer

Lastly, if there was any doubt... spammers take down Lycos anti-spam site.

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I've been out of the home speaker market for a long time. A friend of mine may buy my Polk Monitor 10Bs and the rest of my home theater speakers and I'll be looking to replace the set up.

The Polks sound awesome, but they are fucking huge. I need speakers that are less bulky, but sound as good. I don't think Polk is quite the same as they were back in the 80's when I bought these. They don't seem to have as good a reputation anymore.

Suggestions?

Nov 30, 2004 5:46pm PST

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badnwidth question:

how many gigabytes can you transfer per month if you have a t1 line?

is it about 500GB? math like this hurts my head and google isn't getting me the answer

Nov 30, 2004 6:03pm PST

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badnwidth question: how many gigabytes can you transfer per month if you have a t1 line? is it abou... : Mansmells
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#43

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Contact Management

My uncle is looking for a program that will keep track of all the people he knows socially and professionally. Names, numbers, email addresses, everything. Something a bit more powerful than Contacts through Outlook, I suppose. Also, he often needs to export the data for other uses, like printing Christmas card labels.

He is using ACT! 2000 now for work, Mozilla address book for email, and some awful VB program for the christmas labels. The goal would be to combine email and all other kinds of data into one database.

I've never needed to deal with more than 100 contacts, so I have no idea. He obviously doesn't have a Mircosoft Exchange account, or anything like that. Just a plain HP laptop with Windows XP. Personally, I think Microsoft Entourage would be perfect. It's a little more powerful than Outlook, but OS X only.

Suggestions? Repost in ER.

Nov 30, 2004 5:46pm PST

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Contact Management My uncle is looking for a program that will keep track of all the people he knows s : Warlock
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  Whats wrong with outlook, it keeps track of tons of stuff. Plus you can use mail merge to do all kinds of... : fuji-juice
  - yeah, considering thousands of businesses use it. : peter

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whoa, Stephen Lynch & Mitch Hedberg are gonna be at the crystal ballroom in portland this weekend. It's $30 for tickets, but still really tempting. Might have to go check that out if i can get someone to go with me.

Nov 30, 2004 6:08pm PST

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whoa, Stephen Lynch & Mitch Hedberg are gonna be at the crystal ballroom in portland this weekend. It's $... : mindmann
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- I saw Mitch Hedburg in Syracuse last year with Dave Attel and Lewis Black...he was a bit off his game but... : Paranoid Android
- the commercial for that show is ridiculous, the announcer should be doin monster truck rallys :D : cygnus

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More Google stuff.

http://news.com.com/Striking+up+digital+video+search/2100-1032_3-5466491.html

The effort comes on top of Google's plans to create a multimedia search engine for Internet-only video that it will likely introduce next year, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. In recent weeks, Mountain View, Calif.-based Google has demonstrated new technology to a handful of major TV broadcasters in an attempt to forge alliances and develop business models for a TV-searchable database on the Web, those sources say

What avenue have they not thought of yet? And when does Googleskynet become self aware.

Nov 30, 2004 5:55pm PST

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More Google stuff. http://news.com.com/Striking+up+digital+video+search/2100-1032_3-5466491.html Th : ghost hacker
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  - (o_0) oh noes. : ghost hacker

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I'm watching Nova on PBS. They have a show on about dogs.

One of the segments was a dachshund with narcolepsy. I hate to admit it, but I laughed like hell when it was running down the hall and fell down asleep.

Nov 30, 2004 5:50pm PST

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I'm watching Nova on PBS. They have a show on about dogs. One of the segments was a dachshund with na... : Thresher
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- Damn.. I gotta see that.. : Hizzow
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  - that's not narcolepsy, he's just biting garfields nap attack. : esecasco
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  - Nevermind, here it is : Rasnowl
  - That's not the same dog, but it's still funny as hell in a sad way. : Thresher
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    like rusty needs any more problems! : r1cola
    - i lol'd : annih1late
- I can send the clip to anyone who has hosting : Rasnowl
- I saw that ... it was funny as could be... I felt bad for the poor dogs, but I couldn't stop from laug... : Kniggit

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Has anyone tried PoP 2: Warrior Within? I just went to Blockbuster and was surprised to see it on the shelves for rental. I thought this game was coming out Dec. 2?

Nov 30, 2004 6:02pm PST

Has anyone tried PoP 2: Warrior Within? I just went to Blockbuster and was surprised to see it on the she... : dibbz

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NEED PEOPLE @ Ruthless Aggression Server STAT!!!

Nov 30, 2004 6:01pm PST

NEED PEOPLE @ Ruthless Aggression Server STAT!!! : whippy

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Bring on the gravity gun and sawblades only levels!

Nov 30, 2004 5:41pm PST

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Bring on the gravity gun and sawblades only levels! : Malum
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- \m/ FLYING SAWBLADES!! \m/ : Maddog_Delphi97
- I wonder if you could catch a saw blade flying at you.. : the stickboy
- G-gun and holding the radiators and desks as sheilds is very helpful!!. : ghost hacker

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Is "Soon" really "in a few hours"?

Nov 30, 2004 5:35pm PST

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Is "Soon" really "in a few hours"? : TastyWheat
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      No, FUCK YOU, UNCLE FUCKER!! : Maddog_Delphi97
  - Steve just wants the get the steam forum tools riled up again :D : mc-fine
  - Hmm.. well, if the status page is any indication, it looks like it. Notice how the "available bandwidth"... : wheatux
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  They wouldn't make a special "SOON" post on the news site if it was that close. Given VALVe's record, I'd... : yakz
  - :( I hope you're wrong. : Maddog_Delphi97
- This all over again: http://dimmona.shackspace.com/hl2.jpg : Dimmona
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  other question: how much will I have to download? :( : epit
  - i bet its only 1 map : mankeroo

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wow the beer companies are really going at it eh? bud is actually putting miller and coors in their commericals to bash em and i'm sure the others are doing the same. pretty funny

Nov 30, 2004 5:51pm PST

wow the beer companies are really going at it eh? bud is actually putting miller and coors in their comme... : spector

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I want one of those new Sony's

Nov 30, 2004 5:31pm PST

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  - I want to finish the game. : dltrem
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      I want to throw Dog's Toilet. : mojoald
      
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      Which begs the question... do robots poop? : TastyWheat
      
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      Yes... dead batteries. : CrimsonHandHiro
      
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      you broke it : acidravelamp
      
      Yes, I started it though... I'm allowed to break the funny. : CrimsonHandHiro
      
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      where do you think crowbars come from? : d fluke
      
      Mommy and daddy crow bars that love and respect eachother a whole bunch. : mojoald
- I wonder what it looks like. : dltrem
- i want to play WoW instead of anticipating HL2DM : acidravelamp

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Oh man. The 2 chicks that play mary-ann on this new giligans island thing are uber hot.

Nov 30, 2004 5:40pm PST

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Oh man. The 2 chicks that play mary-ann on this new giligans island thing are uber hot. : broly1718
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- You were expecting anything less? Hot chicks are pretty much the only thing TV has going for it these da... : magila
- I can testify that not all women from kansas look like that. : sgtsanity

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Is the ATI driver: Gamma+Brightness sliders broken for Counter-Strike:Source for anyone else ?

My CS:s is too dark, and i cant brighten it up through the ATI Drivers, it works for other games though., and i have the gamma setting in game to the max.

Nov 30, 2004 5:46pm PST

Is the ATI driver: Gamma+Brightness sliders broken for Counter-Strike:Source for anyone else ? My CS:s... : judoka2

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they better have a gravity gun only mode

Nov 30, 2004 5:36pm PST

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- That would be trivial to mod. : Kerath
- They have to. : dltrem

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Hl2dm expectation: Webcam facial recognition that maps to facial expression's on gordon's face.

Nov 30, 2004 5:34pm PST

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Hl2dm expectation: Webcam facial recognition that maps to facial expression's on gordon's face. : SLUDGE^
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  - I'd call it the \m/ TIDEYBOWL mod \m/!! : Maddog_Delphi97
- quakeworld skin import, that was good times : acidravelamp
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  considering the toilets, more like fecal recognition :[ : My Documents
  - That was so bad, it was funny. : floated
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