Late Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Dec 12, 2005 9:01pm PSTWell pretty happy with the giveaway haul this year. Sending out a few thousand dollars worth of games is always fun. Ok well the addressing and shipping part really kinda sucks but the idea is fun! For you late evening folks:
- Apple screwing the music biz? - Sprint doing full movies on your phone - The new Superman has big junk. You needed to know. - The next-gen of webmailLastly, an interesting list of popular toys from the past 100 years
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
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maybe not posted in an ER from 2004 this time. *cough* wtf was that
I hope there isn't another one of these and I missed it.
People with more interesting stories and pics please post them, because I want to read/see them.
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I just came across this website that lets you input all the info about a book/website/journal/etc, and then it converts all the information into a citation in both MLA and APA formats. Very useful for creating a works cited page for a paper, and sure beats having to look up the different format for each type of source.
Heres the link:
http://www.citationmachine.net/index.php?code=&g=6
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/emo :(
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A co-worker is thinking of going with this service...should I tell him not to do this?
What is the shack stance on gamefly?
Shack community menz / Shack cooking menz / Shack *.womenz / Shack wiki menz / Shack fatties / Shack web menz
tl;dr: Reply if you would be interested in contributing / using a shack food wiki
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It's time once again for Guess That Logo!
http://www.drgw.net/~nnthayer/temp/gamelogos3.jpg
Just like before, match each logo with the corresponding game developer/publisher. Remember to spoiler-tag your answers. The last set was perhaps a little too hard, so I eased off some for this round.
Good luck!
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http://armaggedon.ytmnd.com/
whether or not it's real is irrelevant.
snopes hint: it's not
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http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11262375
Still trying to figure this bugger out.
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We got a good two and a half hour shackbattle going with 6-7 Shackers.
Genjuro is still Genjuro, Ajax lost his touch, Creep and Crestinghawk still have it. If there's interest in another night, get in touch with Ajax.
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Sorry mate, airmail was going to cost me more than 3x as much to ship, and twice what I could afford.
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I need to get my aviator stuff, but I can't stay in the air for more than 3 minutes at a time. Can you guys recommend a cheap joystick for me?
This one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826102503
looks pretty good but I figured, "WTH, I'll ask the shack."
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Package Progress:
Date/
Time Location Activity
Dec 13, 2005 6:15 A.M. MADISON, WI, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
3:14 A.M. HODGKINS, IL, US DEPARTURE SCAN
Dec 12, 2005 11:03 A.M. HODGKINS, IL, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
8:27 A.M. WYOMING, MI, US DEPARTURE SCAN
Dec 10, 2005 12:37 A.M. WYOMING, MI, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
Dec 9, 2005 8:21 P.M. DETROIT, MI, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
7:12 P.M. DETROIT, MI, US DEPARTURE SCAN
4:53 P.M. DETROIT, MI, US IMPORT SCAN
3:41 P.M. DETROIT, MI, US REGISTERED WITH CLEARING AGENCY;RELEASED BY CLR AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT
12:04 P.M. DETROIT, MI, US ARRIVAL SCAN
12:30 A.M. CONCORD, ON, CA EXPORT SCAN
Dec 8, 2005
7:28 P.M. KITCHENER, ON, CA
EXPORT SCAN
7:27 P.M. KITCHENER, ON, CA ORIGIN SCAN
5:49 P.M. CA BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
Tracking results provided by UPS: Dec 13, 2005 8:16 A.M. Eastern Time (USA)
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hooooope he likes anime 'cos he's getting a shiiiiitttload..
and a neo geo pocket. and a buncha games.
and a vibrator.
but that last part's not for him.
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And for all you crafty bastards who are going to click on my name to read my profile, I migrated from another account because my name was based on a lame car that I no longer have! First one to figure it out wins a cookie!
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Boxing it all up now :)
Yaya I'm a bit late...
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It won't let me set the wallpaper to a jpg.
I can use any of the bmps that come with windows, but if I browse for a file nothing happens. I've gone into customize desktop|web, and the only choice (something about a warning) is unchecked. There is no "my current home page" option.
This computer had gotten spyaxe on it. After spybot/adaware/hijackthis, the machine is still infected. After running smitrem, the theme had changed to classic and the wallpaper disappeared. I'm hoping that ewido finally cleansed the damn thing.
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http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/genericContent.do?oid=140271&c=1&cm_re=sweeps-_-We're%20giving%20away%20one%20Xbox%20360%20a%20day%20for%2024%20days-_-Sign%20up#topofpage
Good Luck X360 Wanting Shackers...
A little common sense warning for those who use Tylenol.
When I was in highschool I had a chance to see another teen who had tried to commit suicide with a Tylenol OD. The patient later went on to die but it was a VERY VERY painful death. Had she gotten a liver transplant ... maybe could have been saved. MAYBE. I've seen many a person at a bar pop 3-4 tylenol for a headache and continue to drink.
Anyways, The more you know!!!
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I always thought google video rejected the video for copyright reasons... but since I haven't been able to play a single video on google - ever - since the day that I've first uploaded it, it actually might have worked, without me realizing it.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4380142770515441972&q=battlestar
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The New York bridge in PGR3 is a poster child for bad texture filtering. The texture on the floor is hires enough (as you can see in photo mode) but it's gone to waste and made super blurry by the lack of proper filtering. :( So sad.
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My motherboard is fried and it's unexpected upgrade time. It has been at least three years since I've researched hardware. Anyone care to make a recommendation for a good mobo/cpu/ram combo within the $300- $500 range?
So far I've gathered that the newest video cards require a PCI express slot. I will be stuck with my 9700 pro for a while so a mobo with both PCI express for a future upgrade and an agp slot for the old bastard card would be ideal.
Thanks.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051213/ap_on_fe_st/buried_car
GAS IS OBSOLETE. WE'LL HAVE HOVERING CARS IN 2007.
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I've been curious about something. What do all of you think about different languages and especially accents? Like, how do they sound to you? Like to me (and probably most people) British accents can sound either snobby, stupid, or just cool and normal....largely dependent on the person of course, but your general BBC reporter or British actor, while certainly fluent and articulate, seems to have the 'standard' accent like most American reporters and such do. It's hard to explain, but I'm interested in knowing people's thoughts, particularly what non-Americans think American accents sound like. You know, the standard actor/reporter voice, not so much the George Bush or John F Kennedy voice. Harsh? Soothing? Silly? Strong? Etc. Maybe there's too much variance to really tell. Still, might prove interesting.
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or
On the Next Episode of Chinese Justice!
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/13/china.bra.reut/index.html
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http://www.photoi.org/share/upload2/1172975512/photo0075.jpg
How did something so obvious get missed?
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Im getting a google sever error page but I was also getting this at 8pm last night....
odd....
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She is going to get breast implants for her bf who hardly even cares about her.
A real woman (aka not a figment of Crowe's imagination) wouldn't do that, would they?
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News - Webpage and screens for new Valkyrie Profile games]b
http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=5891
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Heh - Took me for a sucker, did they? According to my neighbor they want to built a new elevator in the appartment, to increase its worth - how bold of them to charge the people living here, I have to give them that, but not with me - and most definatly not with my girlfriends and my money. We're not required to pay, I reread my contract and just got a phone call from my lawyer confirming this.
I guess the first step would be to have my lawyer write an angry letter... and hopefully that'll be the end of that. Thank god this building is owned by a faceless insurance coorporation, otherwise I might have to worry about living with a pissed appartment complex owner ;-)
Still might be better to look for a new appartment
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