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by Steve Gibson, Oct 07, 2005 8:59pm PDTSure got a lot of messages about that MS 4000 keyboard. It's apparently sold out at Newegg already so I guess a few other people are digging on it as well. I'm actually using the the reverse tilt on the thing now and have gotten used to it. At first I took it off and was about to throw the thing away when I thought hrm.... maybe I should type in a healthier position? Luckily over all these years I havent had any wrist issues but no use playing with fire. Just like Remo's policy for all those hookers and his dental dam.
- Once again, the death of the PC - There's a naked dude in your ceiling - Check out Serenity - first 9 minutes - The Swedes know when everyone in California is gonna dieLastly, the SAG doesnt like reality TV :(
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ATTN: If you would like to attend the Shackbattle but don't have OFP GotY and can't really afford it right now, or you can't find it, or whatever, I have three copies of the Game of the Year edition of Operation Flashpoint that I'd be happy to mail (free of charge) to anyone who'd like them. Reply here, then Shackmessage me a mailing address and I'll get them out to you ASAP.
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The dates for the OFP Shackbattle are as follows:
October 15th - Practice session. I'm expecting a lower player turnout for this one due to how close it is, so this session will mainly be used for hashing out the comms, testing missions, ensuring that people can connect successfully, training, and generally having a relaxed good time.
October 29th/30th - Main session. Max participation, tons of fun, tons of death and destruction. If you plan to participate, please, for the love of god, let me know.}y]* I have a roster (posted below) of players who showed interest for the original Shackbattle and this one, but a lot of you haven't gotten back to me to let me know that you'll be up for this particular session. If we have 30+ people, I need to do some extra work to ensure that we have missions to support that playercount. If I don't have to do that work, I won't, so it's really important to let me know if you plan to attend.. things will go much more smoothly that way.
Here's the latest roster:
Syixxs enigmatic Helter Skelter Kaiser rasputinreborn
M0nkz malloc Ninja Techno Rampancy Dslyecxi
havoc1c4 timaste sanchez Blackdawgg (RIP harkov RIP) j33uk
Durandal07 snuff zipperface lightzout 60days Jumperus
phune adambugger Foxhawk MuteMode draconic
Ratsofatso TheAbyssnian Dechter burningtrees
kenmis snowwolf ballystix Lord Warlock cigam
nyranger66 sockmonkeh senorspine nfxfsx
busdriver3030 Delithio umbr
Make sure you read the older posts about training/comm setups/role responsibilities/etc. You can find them in my profile, or you can just go to these threads:
Prep Post - Training Edition: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10619343 (3 posts total, make sure you read them all)
Prep Post: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10605606 (2 posts total, make sure you read them both)
We WILL be using OFPWatch, so if you totally fuck up the mod installation you'll still be able to download the appropriate mods from the server.
We could use some more designated Squad Leaders and Pilots, the current roster for them is as follows. Post in reply or SM me if you'd like to volunteer. The roles/responsibilities of these players can be found here: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10619352
Squad Leaders - Syixxs Jumperus Kaiser Durandal07 Dslyecxi
Pilots - adambugger Jumperus Helter Skelter Durandal07 havoc1c4
umbr was cool enough to go and mirror the mods and such on his Shackspace, you can get all the necessary stuff here: http://umbr.shackspace.com/OFP
Installation instructions are here: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10605608
Also, if anyone has mods/missions/whatever they'd like to suggest, feel free to post about them in reply. If anyone has a copy of the Serial Killer mission, get in touch with me, and I'll mod it to allow for more than the 8 or so people it allows by default.
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Many thanks to themelon and hirez for the server.
\m/ (> <) \m/
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Westwood Online is back! Thats right, some fans headed a project to make a fanbased server for all Westwood games, and just recently Electronic Arts struck a partnership with it and forwarded the old WOL servers to them.
This means you can play ALL C&C and Red Alert series games online once again!.
I just logged on to WOL in Red Alert 2, and man there's a TON of people playing the game nowadays.
So bust out your dusty cd's and If anyones up for some Old School RA2 fun, pm me :)
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Got in to class at 6:00, made breakfast, ate, had lecture and about 15 minutes after that the power went out. Since no power means no fans in the hoods to blow all the gas out we had to turn off all the gas and basically couldn't do any prep work. It came back on at 11:00 which is 30 minutes before we opened for service, so I had to cram 4 hours of prep into 30 minutes. It sucked royally.
Then I walk out to my car (in NY state) to get some nosh and a movie and I realize that one of the drunk people I was kind enough to DD around last night left BOTH of my back windows open, so the backseat of my car is completely soaked since it's been raining non stop since last night.
Is there anything I can do short of taking a blow dryer to my car to get all the water out? :(
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Is this a good camera? I want swappable lenses and flashes, high res, etc.
Anything much better for slightly more?
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What's the best setup that I can get for my money?
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More TA tonight! We had some good games last night, despite the conn problems! It's on starting at about 9 EST.
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You know, at 1280x960, with 4xAA, this game is still very good looking.
For nostalgia's sake, I also played it in software mode for a half level.
That wasn't so nice.
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Battlefield 1942?
Battlefield Vietnam?
Battlefield 2
Other Battlefield unknown to me games?
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http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews3/starwarsepisode3.html
There is also this tidbit that kinda pisses me off:
Editor's Note: If you purchase the Revenge of the Sith DVD at Wal-Mart stores, you'll receive an exclusive bonus DVD (while supplies last) called The Story of Star Wars. It includes the hour-long R2-D2 & C-3PO's Chronicles of Luke and Anakin Skywalker documentary.
It comes out November 1st
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What's a good free data/mp3 burning program?
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http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1614547/
is there something wrong with the filesharing in Tiger between OS X and Windows XP? i used to be able to connect to my XP shares from my Powerbook but now i get some error that the data cannot be read or some shit. fuck that.
i am seriously going to cry and maybe burn my erik estrada posters so someone please help me fast before it's too late.
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Anyone know how to find your Steam ID? I want to see if I have a rare 4 digit ID. There is a download at fileplanet called "Steam ID Finder" ( http://www.fileplanet.com/134754/130000/fileinfo/Steam-ID-Find ) but I'm worried about trusting an app to do it. Is there a manual way?
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The only thing I want to do is drink....
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43 Hours and 37 minutes of playing time has unlocked 169 of 169 events. I have 144/169 Gold Medals and am ranked elite. I have 83% of the game complete with levels 1-7 perfect. I have 5 stars left in 8, 14 in 9 and 17 in 10.
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Damn, this sucks. I was supposed to get together with lots of friends and start a mega pool for this season. I worked really hard the last 2 days on prepping my selections and all, but because of a mix up today, I couldn't make it to the draft =( So, that means no pool this year for me. This cannot happen.
I know there were 2 shackpools that started not long ago, but they are closed now I think. So, anyone starting a pool soon or is in a pool still accepting people? Either draft or team, I don't care much, hehe.
I don't want to join random pools and stuff, that's not fun, at least shackers are not strangers =)
Please help me obi-wan-crosby!
So where should we go? Also, any chance we could keep our old numbers?
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http://engadget.com/entry/1234000320062348/
it's 1,750-inches diagonal at 2,112 x 736 pixels
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The Shack has been talking about Icelandic band Sigur Rós alot these past weeks.
Check out their new video. It´s fun but not as good as the video for Vaka (track number 1 on () ) which won a MTV Video Music Award.... just watch it and wait for the ending.
http://www.emichrysalis.co.uk/quicktime/sigur_ros/glosoli/index.php?version=7.020&bandwidth=150000
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I know I can send out troops to capture town centers for towns that I've depopulated, but it just seems really complicated to do so, since I have to bring in villagers to repopulate it, etc. Seems like this game is a lot easier if you're Evil.
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thanks
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