Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Feb 20, 2006 7:00pm PSTHolla!
- Gorillas have culture - One of the best choices for alien life located - Federline is more awesome than you know - VeriSign is starting to really scare people - Windows Vista now up to 8 versionsLastly, we all know robots will take over the world one day. This goofball thinks he can stop it. Yeah right!
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Demon's Souls servers extended again
I MISS my old Atari 800. That ANTIC chip was the only one that managed to put legible text up on a TV screen. Bill Wilkinson's Atari BASIC was a nifty language. And it was cool to POKE in machine language programs that ran in the interrupts. Then IBM brought out their PC with that awkward Intel chip and ruined everything.
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http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshiba-Digital-Projector-TDPT9U-/sem/rpsm/oid/141954/catOid/-13322/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
I'm going to sell my non-widescreen 32" hdtv and combine that money with my tax refund (about $500) and I want something big and fun. I'm not sure I'd want to have a bunch of cables run up to the ceiling though.
Since I'm still waiting on AMD to release a DDR2-capable part before I go for the cpu-mobo-ram-videocard upgrade, I've decided to upgrade my sound system. I've been using the same sound card and speakers for over 4 years now (Labtec Pulse 424 2.1, SB Live 5.1). I just ordered some Logitech Z-5500's, and am trying to decide on a sound card to pair them up with.
Creative has the EAX and mass adoption thing going for them. But Auzentech has this hot little number (as jrock describes here: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11608303) that has Dolby Digital and DTS encoding, which I'm guessing would go well with the Z-5500's decoding of both. It also has optical-out without the need for a front-bay headache, but I'm curious whether the DD/DTS is actually an improvement over regular analog hookups (is there a non-DD/DTS optical hookup?). The "digital encoding" apparently involves lossy compression, and I'm not entirely sold on the concept of having the card expand my stereo musics to 4 speakers.
I can pick up the SB X-Fi for about $30 less than the Auzentech, but if the DD/DTS encoding and optical hookup are worth the money then I'll spring for it.
TLDR: Auzentech X-plosion or Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic to go with Z-5500s?
Please advise.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_%28Legend_of_Zelda%29#Minor_cameos
anyone have a screen shot?
http://www.t-mobile.com/promos/online/preregmdasda/?WT.mc_n=PreRegPromo_PRCol&WT.mc_t=ExternalMedia
I am off to the store to be there a bit before it opens so I can snag that phone. If I am somehow unable to score it, I'll be punching someone in the face. The only feature this phone is lacking is a fleshlight and I think I can mod that in there if I really want. Feel free to reply with silly comments about how you hate cell phones because I'll be reading those in the car on my way home from the store as I drink a coffee and listen to sports radio and think about how much I heart boobies.
Also, I aparently hacked google and downloaded their search engine.
http://rosewood.shackspace.com/downloadthegoogle.png
I'm thinking about holding it ransom...
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Why do I recall someone posting one of those videos about 6 months ago and hinting at the fact it was indeed for an upcoming Tribes game?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4435593179243241083&q=fall+out+boy+emo
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I'm getting ready to put up a couple hundred items on eBay and was curious if there are any good programs to setup and list multiple auctions, like their TurboLister, but something more user friendly?
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I recorded this last night and was wondering if I could get some input on the mix in general, not the song. It hasn't been touched at all yet, so its still very rough, and still very mono, but let me know what you guys think.
http://www.rpi.edu/~pellig/innocence.mp3
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Is that legal?
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When normalizing a database, does it matter if you shorten up the length of text descriptors? I'm making a table that lists departments (Casting, Whiteware, Preparation, etc); I think there are only eight departments total. I'll limit data entry in the main table to values from the department list. Do I need to have a key in the department table for the main table to join, or can I just join right on the department names? Which would be more efficient from a query, update, and storage standpoint? I should take a class in this stuff.
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Today, Mr Yamauchi from Nintendo donated 7 billion yen to Kyoto University Hospital:
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20060221-00000190-kyodo-soci
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I can see it now, deep down in Nintendo's labratories, Japanese scientists in white lab coats dicussing the implementation of their fucking awesome wifi ranking system:
Guy#1: I don't think it's fair that someone should get a win, just because their opponent disconnects after the end of the last race, and is losing by 10+pts.
Guy#2: Great idea, let's rub cocks.
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Some assistance, por please...
every time I create simple graphical text (e.g. http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=example0tf.gif ) No matter the font size, kerning, tracking, or anti-aliasing method, some part of the phrase always ends up mysteriously and inconsistently fuzzy. The left side of an "H" for example, will be nice and crisp, meanwhile the right side will be blurry.
Is there anything I can do to address this? Is it the font (in this case, Gil Sans MT)? Is it a matter of font format (TrueType vs. OpenType)? Is it the software (I'm using Photoshop CS2)?
Any insights are appreciated!
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Internet Alerted!
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is it possible to make a flash file (SWF) from this animated gif ? http://acura.websitewelcome.com/~sikander/wait_round.gif and if yes, can someone please do so ? danke in advance
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I'm sure this already exist some places but.
What if you had a service like autotrader where someone who is renting an apartment calls you up, you go out with a digital camera and take pictures/notes on their apartment. I would have to do it for free for the first few months to try and build up some data. After that I could probably charge atleast 100 dollars to list your apartment, and have me take the pictures. They pay that much now to list 3 lines in a small newspaper. You could do a lot on the website too. Have a google maps type deal that shows you visualy where all the apartments are located. Average prices for rents in that area based on historical data. Lots of ideas. I just know there is a huge need for a better way to rent apartments. I'm sick of going to some place that sounds awesome in the paper and you get there and its strait out of 1960.
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Now I need to buy some books on SharePoint... any one have suggestions?
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FX-57 or FX-60?
X1900XTX or 7800GTX?
I've seen plenty of benchmarks, I'm just wondering which you guys would personally go for.
FIGHT!
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Is gotham city Boston or Baltimore?
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Also, the higher price (which is just a couple of bucks higher for us Euros, granted).
That said. GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS 2 today, bitches!
If only people would acutally buy a Tim Schafer game!!!
Also, my play through of Psychonauts is going quite well. I love how each level is unique from the last and requires a different set of skills. Such an awesome experience that if you don't play this game i will fly to where you live and poke you in the eye with a plastic spork.
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Tranquility Hardware Upgrades Today 21st of February 08:00-08:00 GMT!
We're doing massive hardware upgrades to Tranquility, for 24 hours, starting 08:00 GMT on Tuesday morning. We're fully replacing all our proxy and application layer, a total of 70 IBM Dual Processor 64-bit Opteron Blade Servers, moving to a new hosting center and upgrading our internet backbones.
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I love this show :\ more than BSG!
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Given that, me and my friend rented Doom last night. I might give up sci-fi pictures for a while.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0217062contract1.html
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http://www.theagitator.com/archives/026298.php#026298
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