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• IAWTP what are we talking about? : action roommate

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  Burnout 3 was perfect. I wonder what they'll add for 4... maybe something along the lines of non-combatan... : Caboose
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    Only thing I really want is better race AI so they don't just rubber band it like in Burnout 3. : Boxelder
    • how about an editor? make your own scenarios / race courses? =\ : jrock
    • I didn't mind the rubber banding. The point of the game wasn't to race perfect lines and set record lap t : Caboose
• nice. I just hope it isn't as "over-produced" as part 3 : JohnnyDanger
• you would think they would be shooting for PS3? : Shadowdane
• A. I think that would be for PS3 since they basically pushed the PS2 to its limits in Burnout 3. B. I... : sgtsanity
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  needs more xbox 2 : Degenerate
  • a LOT more : jvox
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  needs more psp : jedi_27
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    did you get one? LETS PLAY SOME GAMES! NEVER CHANGE! : tsteltz
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      no :( I have been fighting the urge all day. When i get home WoW will hug me and i will forget all ... : jedi_27
      • They need to put some WoW abilities on the PSP. Wireless Auction House transactions, crafting, mail, and... : gargy
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    I want to buy one so bad just because they're so sexy. Problem is though other then Lumines and maybe wip... : armybob
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      buy an Axim x50v instead : Degenerate
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        ya that could be bad ass on my couch also! only portable devices I would ever use on a regular basis t... : armybob
        • when they create a decent PDA/phone with a usable input method and wifi, I'll spend any amount on it. Til : 60days
    • hahaha i know how you feel. I was looking at the game selection at the store today. not much except for... : jedi_27
• needs more Azeroth locations/tracks : gargy
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  So...I have a PS2...should I get Burnout 3? I like Flatout, haven't tried GT*, liked Mario Kart \m/ : Ebu
  • yah its fun.. but the computer gets insanely cheap near the end of the game. some of the later races ar... : Shadowdane
  • It's currently my favorite racing game ever. Ever. Probably the best looking PS2 game ever made too. : sgtsanity
  • Its pure car crashing deliciousness. No actual cars though, but their styles are a'ight. : Squirrely
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    yes! great fun ... but you must turn of the DJ (there's an option in the audio prefs somewhere) otherwise... : jcupitt
    • Ah yes, turn off the DJ. Also, I highly recommend trying it with the music off for a while and turning th... : sgtsanity
  • Burnout is crazah fun. : Sylvanus
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  HEY IT'S GOT QUAKE'S COLOR PALETTE, NEAT!!! : jrock
  • good. i like the color palette. nyah. : jvox
• That's really a screenshot? Looks almost like concept art the way the detail just fades out in the backg... : DinK

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• ---About PlaneShift--- The objective of the PlaneShift Team is to create a virtual fantasy world in whic... : Sylvanus
• Updated Screens link: http://www.planeshift.it/pics.html : Sylvanus
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  web page isn't slow enough please. : skinlab133
  • Here's the scoop: 2005.03.15 Due to some advertizing done on big web sites, we received an incre... : Sylvanus
• cool, waiting on the BitTorrent : Nation
• According to a player on the Neverwinter Nights Forums: "The game is quite playable now and you can see j... : Sylvanus
• This looks totally awesome, I am going to download it. : cigam
• Hey, I tried this when it was horribly beta. (Not horrible, mind you, just way early). There wasn't too m... : boughton supreme
• Wow, it's surprisingly pretty for being free. I may have to check this out.. My WoW account is closed b... : ]aratex[
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  i'm jumping in, download the torrent everyone! : running wild
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    The direct download sputtered out after 10MB. Torrent already has about 20MB downloaded. : Sylvanus
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      my direct download died just now at 124mb, fuck and the torrent is going like 4k, weak ;( : cigam
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        It'll speed up. My torrent started out real slow. It's now at 24KB/s and getting gradually faster. : Sylvanus
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          well i had it going while i was direct downloading, it went up to 30 then right back down again. but now ... : cigam
          • In order to indirectly help a wee bit, I bumped up my upload speed to 25KB. I'm now downloading at 40KB. : Sylvanus
• What no chat bubbles Meh. LOL JK looks hawt! : senior spielbergo
• This sure sounds free! I will observe when I get home : darkling
• Has anyone had a chance to play this yet? My download was complete a while ago. I'll load it up at home... : Sylvanus
• Wow, I remember playing this a long time ago. Sometime between EQ and AO. Was an open beta back then, mis... : WillingZombie
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  thanks, downloading... : deviantpaul
  • downloaded, says I have the wrong version :/ : deviantpaul
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  is the play server down? D: : thebigbeefsandwhich
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    I think so :( : m0nkz
    • oh man cockblocked after the dl :( : thebigbeefsandwhich
• i was playing it.... was pretty awful... i might give it another chance later : cigam
• cool, the linux client is downloading nice and fast for me, which kind of is cool since their website is ... : takio
• Note: Make sure you run the separate updater before running the client. I had a brief chance to try t : Sylvanus
• First Impressions: "Can't pick up any more swords" even though my inventory is friggin empty. everybody i... : Popedispencer
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  Doesn't sound like you're playing Morrowind >:( : Ebu
  • ;) Oh for pete's sake, you're talking 10 minutes of my gametime when I got home from work. :) As I said ... : Sylvanus

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• amd 64. ORRRR you could go for the Megaphones Gillahurts Processor w/ hyperspace thread-u-lation. : burning eye
• A64 is the clear winner for gaming. : filtersweep
• AMD 64. I haven't owned an Intel chip since my 486dx. : Stoned Gargoyle
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  "Worth it" implies that there's some downside to getting an A64 : reign27
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    i am just utterly confused. like the 1.8 ghz amd 64 chips will perform at 3 ghz? or the like : burningpantsman
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      Think of AMD as an 8 lane highway. Intel has a 4 lane highway. the AMD cars move slightly slower then t... : Prozium
      • so how about a fly mobo? : burningpantsman
• AMD64 ... more instructions per clock cycle. : virus
• Depends on how much you value HT really... If not that much, the A64 seems to be a clear winner performan... : SilverSnake
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  AMD! Boost my stock! : RogueLdy
  • NO! Boost MY stock! Oh wait, nevermind... : Stoned Gargoyle
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  What insane crazy fuck would buy a 32-bit CPU these days? : tommysgun
  • .......................... : mrsharma
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  performance is virtually the same. get whatever you can get the best price on. i had an intel 3.2 and ... : camp3r
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    No, the performance is not equal AT ALL. Nobody in their right mind would choose a P4 over an AMD64 syste... : ovrlrd
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      agreed, although for $500 or so you can get a P-M and motherboard that totally dominates the competition ... : rasputinreborn
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        Not so said the leprechaun: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22105 : mojoald
        • cool, I've been waiting for this, hopefully it'll be buyable soon! : rasputinreborn
    • "Paging Toraz Chryx to thread. Toraz Chryx to AMD64 Thread Please." : Squirrely
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      well i have no difference in games or otherwise between the two. same video card memory etc. my frame rat... : camp3r
      • Then something's wrong with your setup, or you're videocard limited. 'cause a P4 gets completely immol... : Toraz Chryx
  • yeah, for gaming, performance of a Pentium 4 EE and an Athlon64 3200+ is virtually identical. an FX55 ... : Toraz Chryx
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  three words: onboard memory controller. : the archvile
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    In the next thread he made, he said he was looking for a 754 based system. No onboard memory controller f... : reign27
    • no upgrading either. : Prozium

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  http://www.microsoft.com/office/onenote/prodinfo/default.mspx : boarder2
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    If you'd like to pay for something versus getting it for free, then sure, have a blast with OneNote. I pe... : Dslyecxi
    • yep, this looks great for free : losimagic
    • Seriously I tire of people shitting in threads. Sincere thanks for posting. : Draugluin
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      It's also beta, so more than likely, it will be charged for once it's out of beta. : boarder2
      • True enough. Personally, I love it.. if they don't ask for some outrageous price, I'll definitely registe... : Dslyecxi
  • MS OneNote is surprising good. For taking notes in class or at home it beats the pants off of MS Word's a... : flasher 907
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  hrrmm, got to better than a hundred .txt files lying around like I usually use. : eskimo spy
  • Absolutely, my system is a mess with them : losimagic
  • I'm thinking that you could use this for pretty much anything text-oriented, with perhaps a few exception... : Dslyecxi
• that does look fucking cool thanks for the heads up : roushimsx
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  Hey you! Where've you been? Still waiting for OFP2. : carrioN luggagE
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    I'm stuck on Okinawa right now.. it's 7:22AM at the moment, very rare that I'm able to Shack at sane US-h... : Dslyecxi
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      My jealously knows no bounds. I fucking loved Okinawa. :( P.S. If you have a digital camera and som : roushimsx
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        It might be awhile before it happens, but yeah, I could get you some pictures. No $$$ would be necessary,... : Dslyecxi
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          Oh, and as to Gate 1.. I don't know if that's currently in use? I think it's being renovated or somesuch.... : Dslyecxi
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            poop.. Gate 2 is way over by 3rd Intel, right? lol@ Raven Gogol : roushimsx
            • I have no idea. =/ : Dslyecxi
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          <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Is the old libo express still running direct routes between Schwab and Hansen ... : roushimsx
          • It's Schwab->Hansen->Foster for one of the routes (#2 I think).. there's also one that goes straight to F... : Dslyecxi
• Instead of "EverNote - A single place for all your notes" They should have: "It works for Leonard S : tomservo
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  FYI, OFPY2K3 mod is cool, but you probably already know that... : rasputinreborn
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    Hadn't heard of it, just did a Google to see what it's about.. looks neat, I'm going to have to check it ... : Dslyecxi
    • I don't keep up either; I think I was alerted to it by some random poster here or elsewhere. : rasputinreborn
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      There was a mission competition over at www.ofpec.com which turned up some interesting SP and Co-op level : 60days
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        Speaking of OFP.. are you all aware that you can now buy VBS1 (the OFP-based milsim that the USMC amongst : Dslyecxi
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          yeah isn't it several hundred dollars? :( : rasputinreborn
          • http://virtualbattlespace.com/ $140 for the core thing, then from $50-100 for each addon. The only rea... : Dslyecxi
          • $150 according to here: http://store.virtualbattlefieldsystem.com/viewCat_L.asp?idCategory=2 that expl... : 60days
• They also have a Firefox plugin. =) http://www.evernote.com/en/products/evernote/web-clipper.php : mikage
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  Looks seriously sweet, but without synchronization it's useless to me :( : alexthegreat2
  • It's still in beta, and apparently that's one (of many) things they'll be working on in the future.. : Dslyecxi
• prob with a free beta is that it eventually wont be free anymore. : floated

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  handbrake? : manero
  • i'll give it a run thanks : verginator
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  Ill ask my roommate, gimme a sec. : Squirrely
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    Updated: They're having sex atm, stay tuned. : iamgoat
    • Pics & Divx???? : RookieCAF

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  I have the exact same set up as you and was thinking of doing an upgrade as well. I've had Kingston Valu... : mccreadypj17
  • Kingston has no issues with itself. It just has trouble if you mix it with other brands of chips. : tedv
  • What were you thinking of for processor upgrade? : tedv
• Doh, got ER'd: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9773904 ... And PRL'd ... : tedv

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  What color? What games? : PoopStewart
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    And what price!? : YoYo
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      $249.99 + tax : pigvomit
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        i better get a reach around. : creep
        • he will hold his new PSP infront of you. : pigvomit
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    Uh..metroid and golden sun. I'd probably sell it for a hundred bucks or so? : xocsida
    • what size flash cart? that's a good deal : pyide

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  I saw a fucking Maserati at Home Depot the other day. : filtersweep
  • wtf? don't those people have laborers who work for them to improve their multi million dollar homes? : FrayLo
• here's one i took at a car show www.mediumcocktail.com/image002.jpg : FrayLo
• I saw a Diablo and a Ferrari F40 on I-90 : deviantpaul
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  Saw a vanquish on the FDR going uptown. Blew my mind. : tcxsnoop
  • that's hot. : FrayLo
• I passed by a Ferrari Modena parked outside on the street at night like it was a Civic. I rubbed my penif... : dodob

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• That sounds great for rogues. Needs to add Flawless Victory. : pigvomit
• Haha thanks this should be tons of fun. : crunkfunk

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  It's probably fine. The built in HDTV tuner will only do you good if you put an antenna outside your hous... : angrytaxman
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    Really? The guy at bestbuy didn't mention that, so that won't work with hdtv thru directv, which we curre... : Silent1
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      u will need a hdtv box from directtv - u will with any hdtv not just that one : smellslikefish
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        so that guy said "its hd ready", i would still have to get an hd tuner which they're probably charging ex... : Silent1
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          Yup exactly. It's set up for HDTV over the air with an antenna, but to get Directv HDTV you have to pay $... : angrytaxman
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            yep - $300 - http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/ProspectOffer.do u will need this whatever HDTV u buy : smellslikefish
            • i've heard that in a while (few months?) dtv is going to have a big special on hd receivers to help launc... : esmokah
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  bah no more reefing for you? I just started a 20g nano earlier this year, it's finally done cycling and ... : ant321
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    i had a 90 gallon reef, had some good times but way to expensive, especially when shit died. You cry when... : Silent1
    • No doubt, I had a 50 gal. I used to feed them live goldfish every once and a while, the lionfish and the ... : yosemiteclimber
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  check out this one also - its quite abit cheaper http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_i... : smellslikefish
  • lol @ "This item will ship in the manufacturer's original packaging, which may reveal the contents inside... : Omaha
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  thanks for the advice shackers, different tv here i come. : Silent1
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    wut ? why ? : smellslikefish
    • cause won't it be cheaper to buy a tv without a hd tuner in it? : Silent1

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• SEX WITH ROBOTS : andromeda
• The Picard song http://hjem.wanadoo.dk/~wan13237/darkmateria_the_picard_song.mp3 : Popedispencer
• Super Greg. : bcyde
• I told you I was hardcore. : eskimo spy

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• WYSIWYG text editor umm.... Notepad? :) It's definitly WYSIWYG. ;) I don't understand what you are loo : SilverSnake
• checkout activeEdit, you can use your own css and edit the app's dropdown menus and include them .. with ... : logik?

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  it looks like they are trying too hard. the british one, they seemed to be more natural. : broly1718
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    yea, eventhough Steve Carel lis really quite funny, the show looks like an early cancellation : r1cola
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      Needs more Samir and Michael Bolton : Prozium
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        there's a new interview with the office space guys in Giant Magazine. This is the best link I could find.... : wabut
        • haha, that's great. : Prozium

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• Kablammo :D : DM7
• I wouldn't. He might clench his buttcheeks and rip your dick off. >_< : Ebu
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  Is there a site that shows sever status? I keep getting disconnected from Darkspear.... : Squirrely
  • http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/ : DM7
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    http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/serverstatus/ : SilverSnake
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      14 sec ^__^ : DM7
      • Stupid h4x... :( :D : SilverSnake

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• this post gives me wood. <3 collape button : rasputinreborn
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  a particular time period? off hand I have a pic from like 12/14/2002 : thekidd
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    oh you just want it for the collapse button pic? : thekidd
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      http://img68.exs.cx/img68/5567/pupisagirlsname8je.jpg : thekidd
      • I remember MarksmanX : maru mari
      • oh god, the memories! where have you been collapse!! : askedrelic
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        awesome. do you have a shot of what it looks like collapsed? : pupismyname
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          haha, I actually do: http://img63.exs.cx/img63/6721/butpupswifeismynameisagirliern.jpg : thekidd
          • excellent. i appreciate it. : pupismyname
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            AW :( I did a mock-up :( http://img165.exs.cx/img165/7369/stfuyurik9jl.jpg : dodob
            • Poor Yurik, we miss him so :( : Ebu
          • ^^official shack historian^^ : arizona bay
      • Lolling @ filename! : yosemiteclimber
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  How can you not like DThread? O_o : Ebu
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    same way i don't like cock. : pupismyname
    • :`( : Ebu
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  LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE MY BUTT : andromeda
  • wheres the proof? : r1cola
  • I didn't know your convent let you out this late in the day : thekidd
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    Tattoo or branding? : Dante
    • I have a tattoo of a butt that has a butt-shaped tattoo. And I have it on my butt. : andromeda
  • where's the rep... oooh there it is.... o_o : RikiTiki2
  • pics + divx! Ok, you forced me to say it. : Hiro
• now you really are getting a bag of poo : Degenerate

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• indeed. i would play but im nowhere near my xbox right now. : creep

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• Since I'm at work, can I just get a summary and/or screenshot? Spoiler protect it if you think it deserv... : tedv
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  Think that's a Cosmos feature. : yoonix
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    New *undocumented* features in latest patch Nope... it came with the latest patch... Just not listed i... : SilverSnake
    • Full Screen Bloom effect now works correctly with FSAA and Antriscopic Filtering making the game look eve : Wombat Woo
  • Can't be, I don't have cosmos installed. : amankhan
  • Cosmos does something different : reign27
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  You are hungry. : askedrelic
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    Yeah, that's pretty lame. I can't believe I logged in to check that. : walker270
    • Its the principle of it. Re: Everquest 2's /pizza command. : amankhan

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  fanout is the number of outputs a particular module has. SSI MSI LSI and VLSI are just metrics for ho... : josecuervo
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    also, VLSI should be accompanied by a design, otherwise it doesnt make sense, it stands for "very large s... : josecuervo
    • just read the wiki entry. : josecuervo
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      Small Scale Integration Medium Scale Integration Large Scale Integration Very Large Scale Integrati... : biskits
      • awesome, thanks both of you! : askedrelic

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  it's funny how PA posts are always prefaced with, "first funny one in a while" or "This doesn't usually m... : edgewise
  • it's funny you should mention this. : lightly inclined
  • i've noticed this too. : d0pamine
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    this is the first edgewise post I've laughed at in awhile, I'm suprised! : askedrelic
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      dude, you made me laugh with this post, that's never happened before. : lightly inclined
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        Oh wow watch this subthread go from zero-to-gay in like, half a dozen spammish, repetitive posts! : Ajax
        • you still aren't funny, man : rasputinreborn
        • dude, ajax, your post...k. : lightly inclined
      • this subthread is unfunny. but your post made me laugh. : dodob
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    apparently it has joined the ranks of SNL and the simpsons where every one is assumed to suck by default. : -Panther-
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      Only by trolls. PA is consistently funny. SNL hasn't had a decent sketch in ages. Simpsons has had may... : Vincent Grayson
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        PA is not consistently funny. They're funny a good ammount of the time, but a lot of the time they're als... : SpaecKow
        • Ok, let me rephrase. Their humor is consistent, for the most part. If you think it's funny, it's funny ... : Vincent Grayson
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          "...they're also just "being PA" with retarded game geek cliches I don't give a shit about." At the sl : lightly inclined
          • Poor wording works against me, I guess. All I meant is that at times their humor is not inspired - th... : SpaecKow
      • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9745236 : SilverSnake
  • So I discovered this thing called "laughter" tonight... I'm kinda freaked out : thebigbeefsandwhich

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• iPhoto 5 is much faster than iPhoto 4. I have the 1.42GHz model and I'm happy with the proformance. Editi... : phlavor
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  don't buy any new mac computer until Tiger comes preinstalled! : rasputinreborn
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    What's tiger?? : brutal
    • The next big release of the Mac OS. Usually costs $129 by itself. : xstatik
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      it's grrreat... : dodob
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        *throws an e-tomato at you* : rasputinreborn
        • shouldn't that be an iTomato? : Ebu
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  They work great on the Mac mini, Just upgrade your RAM : nordicav
  • thanks I'm going to get one. : brutal

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  Does it make any beeps when it powers on? : Lightzout
  • No, the LED's just flash. : ted aka silent bob
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  has he tried removing the kingston stick and booting with the system configuration that worked? : RikiTiki2
  • Yup, original configuration and the new RAM in bank 1 on its own, nothing gets it up, need silicone Viagr... : ted aka silent bob
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  Are you sure you got that board name right? The only board on Asus's site that begins with P4PE has only ... : reign27
  • Leaving either of the two first banks empty might be sufficient to turn off dual-channel BTW : reign27
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    http://uk.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4PE-X&langs=11 That pic shows 3 :/ : ted aka silent bob
    • Apologies, that must be a Brit Edition or something, it's not on Asus's USA site : reign27
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      From TFM DDR DIMM sockets 2 and 3 share the same rows, so if you install a double-sided DIMM into DIMM2 : reign27
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        Hehe, yeah I don't know why companies do funky stuff like change specs across countries and keep the same... : ted aka silent bob
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          I don't *think* it would permanently screw anything, but what do I know? : reign27
          • Thanks for your help, just got a call from him. He took most of the components out, reset CMOS, put em ba... : ted aka silent bob