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by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 10, 2006 7:08am PSTSo far (about 5 hours in), I'd have to say that Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter is a must-own Xbox 360 game. Normally I'm not crazy at all about these realism based shooters where it takes just a few shots to kill you, but this is a very engaging game. It's great to snipe some guys at a distance, and then go all Jack Bauer on guys you approached from behind. Or hanging back while you send in an Apache or Bradley tank to take out enemy soldiers. The visuals are amazing, probably the best use of of the Xbox 360 power so far. It really seems like you are in a real city. I also got a bit of multiplayer in, and that seems very well done as well.Unfortunately the game is not entirely bug free. Twice I've become stuck, once against a wall (Y wouldn't work), and once partially inside an object. There's also been instances where I moved while prone and my guy started hovering around in the default animation pose (you know, with the spread out arms). Though you wish QA had noticed that, it doesn't really spoil the fun since it's rather infrequent (so far anyway). Movie: I could never figure out what that phrase meant; 'more or less'
So I'll be moving within a few months and I'm already starting to look at how I'll deal with the monthly fees (tv, isp, phone, etc.)
Right now I'm trying to gather as much information I can about cellphones. Since I'll be alone, I was thinking about not having a land line and simply have a cellphone with me all the time. Having never owned one, I know nothing about cellphones and I've used one (basically for brief 5-second phone calls) only 3 or 4 times and that's it.
Where do you guys go to get information/reviews about cellphones? I'm not taking about the normal specs for each models (I'll simply go on the company's website for that), but more like what one can really do in practice with the phone. (like if it's easy to customize the ring sound without getting through their service, etc.)
I thank the shack in advance for all the wisdom that will come from this thread
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http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wichita,+KS&ll=37.7191,-97.392941&spn=0.004685,0.015278&t=h
I just came from a very nasty car wreck right there at 19th and Westdale. A big chevy truck pulled out infront of some little saturn and it was game over. There is a crazy big ditch between that road and the interstate. The truck was flipped over and the car was crushed. I saw it happen but I was a good 5 blocks away. As I pulled up, people were already rushing to help. This is where I get pissed off. I mean, this is where I ready to start my own terrorist organization to kill stupid people.
There was a bloke on the phone with 911. He was trying to tell them what was going on but 1) didn't know where the fuck he was and 2) had a cell phone that sucked. Oh yea, he was also standing there SMOKING. He didn't have the fucking brains to put out his cigarette. Okay, so there is genuis #1. However, he is my hero compared to this bitch ... but first.
I checked the flipped over truck to see if anyone was still in it. The driver had already climbed out. He only spoke spanish and people were yelling at him, asking if he was ok. He had no clue. He didn't look bad so I asked him if he was ok, told him to sit down on the grass away from the wreck, and wait for the ambulance. Even after that I had to yell at another guy to leave him the fuck alone because he had no clue what was going on. Even though this guy caused the wreck, I felt so sorry for him because he had no clue what was going on.
Now, the real genuis. By the time I get over to the saturn, someone I will refer to as the stupid bitch, or tsb, was already there. A boy in the backseet, maybe 15, was pretty banged up. He had rear window glass embeded in his face. He was bloody and shaking pretty bad. He was moving around a bit but he was in a complete daze. I had him stop and had another guy (lots of people there by now) hold the kid's neck still. On to the front two. Now, to the tsb. I keep putting this part later and later in the post because it still pisses me off to no end. The front seat passanger was code yellow. She was a bit out of it, a few cuts, maybe some fractures but she was with it and awake. The driver however was code red. I couldn't get to her safely but with the blood I saw, I wouldn't be suprised if she was code blue. For a few minutes, I thought she was DOA. I couldn't get to her safely so I focused on the front passanger for a second. While I was trying to assess the front passanger, tsb reaches in and fucking shakes the driver. If it were not for the fact that I was so focused, I would have gone ape shit. I did what I could for the passanger, keeping her neck supported and not moving, checked for bleeding, etc. and simply waited for the people that know wtf they are doing to show up.
It was a weird feeling when the EMS show up. I was in go go go help help help do do do mode. So when they get there, they have no use for me. I couldn't help get the kids on the boards, I couldn't help lift, I couldn't do shit at that point except stand back and watch. One of the EMTs rushed to TSB who had blood on her hand from shaking the driver. So one of the EMTs had to be diverted from the situation at hand because he thought she was injured. I was told I had to leave before they had the driver out. I kept getting pushed farther and farther back from the scene. I could here TSB going off about how the "stupid mexican" caused this wreck. One of the officers thanked me for stopping and even though he had just walked up from the driver's side of the car, he wouldn't tell me anything. So, as I drove the last mile home I had no clue. Probably about the time I got to the middle of this post, the first two kids got to the hospital. I hope by now the driver is at the hospital. It was a fucking mess but accidents happen. But people like that stupid bitch need to be wiped from the face of this earth. I don't understand how you could be that stupid and not have died from tripping over your shoelaces or some shit.
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Yeah so I'm stuck fixing a friend's Dell laptop. It was loaded with worms, spyware, adware, etc. To the point of AntiSpyware/AntiVirus etc. being no help. Friend is convinced it's a hard drive problem. I figure it's just Windows Rot coupled with being hosed by adware, etc.
He gives me carte blanche to reformat, so I do. His system came with an XP SP1 install disc so I reformat/reinstall and keep it off the damn network. I started the reformat/reinstall before leaving the house for several hours. When I got back everything *seemed* ok. I dinked around in Windows a little bit, all is good.
So then I started to install XP SP2 on it from a USB drive - copying it took a while. But installing it took for-goddamn-ever. Specifically the uncompress step. This is a P4 2.4GHz laptop with 512MB of RAM and it took over half an hour just for the XP SP2 full install file to uncompress.
So it's like everything involving the *hard drive* is slow as shit. I can't say I've ever run into this before - could it be that the thing is missing some sort of driver? Or is my friend actually right and his hard drive is about to die?
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Recently I've been learning java and I'm really enjoying working with it. I'm having a blast writing stupid little applications and the like. Anyways I was thinking since I'm in the market for a new cellphone are there any that are open enough for me to write my stupid little apps for and run them on it?
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Help me make a choice on a first game. GRAW or PGR3. I love both racing and shooting games and they both seem very sexy. Im gunna get em both. But which is a better starter??
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He's an off-the-wall question for the Shack:
Anyone ever had extra insultation put in their attic? I've got the blown-in kind and need to have more added sometime very soon (before the Dallas weather gets all sucky). If you've had this done, how much did it cost? Have you noticed a difference in your house?
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I need an XP driver for Audigy SE, Windows for some reason doesnt recognise it. I've tried the Audigy LE driver but i cant get it to work.
I did a reinstall and now i cant find my cd and the drivers arnt on Creative's website.
So if anyone has the CD they got with their card can you host it somewhere and i'll be very grateful.
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I got something funky going on, and I'm not sure if that's what I'm looking at or not...
I don't recall doing anything at the gym that made me go "oh shi", but sometime on Tuesday, my right nut just sorta started hurting. Nothing major, we're talking 1 on 1-10 pain scale. It just sort "ached".
Then when I went to the gym to workout on Wednesday, I was on my first set of curls and I noticed that I felt it throb with every rep. Again, not bad painwise, but it was noticable. It scared the crap outta me, and I haven't been to the gym since.
Again, it's not severe pain, it's just that I know shit ain't right. Aren't hernia supposed to be really OMG painful? Is there anything such as a minor hernia?
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http://www.bornrich.org/entry/feel-seating-system/
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Friday March 10th 2006, 9PM Eastern
repost for the day crowd
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Tonight we'll be storming beaches and killing Mexicans. If you'd like to join us on Xbox 360, be ready to rock at 9PM. Most of us are already on each others friends list, but feel free to add me if you'd like to join. Add "bzr"
I'm going to be hosting off my FIOS connection, but we will most likely need other hosts with sweet connections as well. Shadowdane has one, and will be on a bit later. I'm thinking we should have 10-12 player servers because anything more seems to cause issues.
Also, if anyone is disconnected since there seems to be a weird bug with that, let's try to not forget our fallen soldier and reinvite said person.
GRAWWWWWWWWWW
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2355634961125449383
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=U0VAOlB0NRA
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bf1942.shackbattles.com
ts.shackbattles.com
Seriously, I'm going to freaking kill people if I can't get one round in, dammit.
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Long story short, I just rediscovered how awesome some of them can be. Is there a good site to download them anymore, or do I have to install Kazaa? ((is kazaalite even working anymore?))
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http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6315184.html
This looks very good for Sony/Blu-Ray, and not so good for HD-DVD. As goes Walmart, as goes America.
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My aunt, uncle, other family and brothers and sister are there nearby, dad passed in 1996... me, I am 1500 miles away and have no idea what to do. I knew it was very lucky for me to have gotten to say goodbye to my father before he went, I don't think I will get the chance to do that if this is 'that time'. I can't even accept that it's all happening.
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So it's a win for the Hawks despite horrible defense on the perimeter and dismal free-throw shooting.
Will
DVD shrink will be sued and then what? Out of the country never stops money many have been sued before. Thanks to guy who need to sell magazines good things go away. Dick head. Find other products to exploit you self centered asshole.
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You have my email
Take you thumbthe one up your ass pull it out and suck on it
I think it's probably about our April cover, which tells people how to copy protected DVDs and music.
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Last night I went to the Guild Wars backstage pass event ( http://www.guildwars.com/events/contests/backstagepass.php ).
It was pretty cool, free beer/wine, food, and live music (an all girl AC/DC cover band, Hells Belles. They weren't too bad even though I'm not a big fan of AC/DC). Met some of the developers, lots of players, played some of the next chapter, saw some of the new skills and new areas (there are a lot of new missions).
Lot of press were there, since it was a press release thing too. Gamespot, Tycho from Penny Arcade, think IGN was there, and others.
Pictures here: http://gallery.filefront.com/Nixxy/ (do View extended description for more complete caption on most of them)
Some highlights: http://gallery.filefront.com/Nixxy//85550/ (A dev, founder, and community relations person.)
http://gallery.filefront.com/Nixxy//85549/ (Crowd shot. There were a lot of people, more than I expected.)
http://gallery.filefront.com/Nixxy//85483/ (Part of the new map.)
I don't recommend Filefront for picture galleries, not the best interface, etc. It works, just annoying. Wanted to keep my Guild Wars stuff together though. Go to http://hosted.filefront.com/Nixxy/ for my Guild Wars videos.
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I am selling my BFG 7800GTX OC. :(
http://www.shackifieds.com/phpclass/detail.php?siteid=1257
$425 check/$450 paypal (lol fees)/negotiable, bring offers.
Please buy so my child can eat :( http://deathlove.shackspace.com/WAS-327.jpg
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IGN gets Pyramid Head
http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/article/694/694761/christophe-gans-20060310021545536.jpg
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Now that must be some special CPU HSF.
http://lolfan.ytmnd.com/
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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2363242
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Where: bf2.shackbattles.com
When: 9:00 PM EST
Yeah! You knew this was going to happen. Your psychic powers told you so.
Please note that EA has just released a new incremental v1.21 patch that patches the previous patch. This is the one that perfects the game. No, really. Don't believe me? Come play with this sunday and let's find out! A link to the patch is below.
We also have global teamspeak for those who wish to utilize it. We'll be using rydogg1's server at ts.shackbattles.com - no password required. Its optional, but if you want an fun night of chatting with your fellow shackers, you should come jump on.
I hope to see you sunday. I will bring my tiger syle. We can fight in the rock garden.
Is BF2 not your bag, baby? Perhaps it makes your rig cry like a little girl. Maybe it stole your girlfriend and whisked her off to Jamaica. Either way, there is a BF1942 shackbattle tonight at 8:00 PM EST to cheer you up! Do it. You know you want to. Haaaaaaaaaaar!
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Here's the batch of useful download links if you need them:
Battlefield 2:
http://www.fileshack.com/file_download.x?fid=8505 (BF2 v1.2 -> v1.21 incr. patch)
http://www.fileshack.com/file_download.x?fid=8397 (BF2 v1.2 full patch)
Teamspeak:
http://www.goteamspeak.com/ (Teamspeak homepage, where you can download Teamspeak 2)
http://www.qbnut.com/tso/ (Teamspeak Overlay--it puts the usernames of those who speak onto your screen. TSO has caused some stability issues for a few people in the past, but it's still helpful if you can get it to work.)
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Oh and save me your 'hes a hax0r' BS. In BF2 the crosshairs are completely stupid. They have a huge gap, regardless of stance, unless anyone knows a command that can shrink the crosshair like in HL: Source games (like CS), this is the only option next to taking a marker and dotting your screen.
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Memory Card: Acquired (but a f'n ripoff)
ICO: ACQUIRED
Been playing for the last hour and a half and I love it. This game is really great--I love the character animation and the sound design. Very atmospheric and beautiful.
Couple questions for those PS2 shackers though. I've got it hooked up to my HDTV via component--the game looks pretty low-res. Part of me recalls reading posts about that this is normal. Is it? I just want to make sure I have things setup correctly on the PS2. I have the component output set to the Yr Pb Pr or whatever it is and the config screen looks sharp as a tack so I assume it's just the game. Still looks great though.
Also, I have my audio plugged in via the optical output to my DD and DTS reciever. It sounds great but in some of these later levels its starting to cut in and out--is that a disc problem? The game and the console are used so I might need to clean both of them (which I haven't yet done because I wanted to play, lol).
TIA
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So my mother just bought a Toshiba laptop for her work and she wants me to configure it.
Since we already have a wireless router, I'm trying to have it connect itself to the network but with little success. It seems that the laptop can't receive the ip address from the router (which is odd since my PSP gets it really fast and the laptop wireless connection worked at the store).
Am I missing something?
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Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Closed Beta Impressions Preview Posted!!! Also: War Stories, GAME MANUAL, tank data sheets!
Red Orchestra's game manuals (main manual, tactical guide, and recommended-reading resource) are now available from their page. Check them out, good info contained within - particularly the tactical guide.
http://www.redorchestragame.com/index.php?categoryid=3&p13_sectionid=5
There are also tank data sheets available, very good info if you plan on going toe-to-toe with the tanks.
http://www.redorchestragame.com/index.php?categoryid=3&p13_sectionid=2
My beta impressions article can be found here if you haven't already seen it:
http://dslyecxi.com/roost_impressions.html
It's uber-popular, tons upon tons of hits (and growing), very cool to see the response to it. :D
And now, for anyone who still doesn't know whether to get Ostfront.. here's two reposts of War Stories I've put up previously:
War Story #1
We were playing StalingradKessel just now (the snowy one, inf-only, with urban fighting) and I was running through this one building as firefights seemed to occur all over the place just out of sight. I pop around a corner, on the first floor, and a guy on the second floor takes a shot at me (since the floors are mostly blown out). The shot connects, my MP-40 DROPS FROM MY HANDS, and I scramble like mad to find some cover before the next shot comes. I manage to make it under some wooden planks acting as makeshift stairs, and above I can see this guy pull out a grenade.
O SHI.
Fortunately for me, he drops it into a little depression in the ground, so while I get shaken up (huge blur), it doesn't do any damage. Seizing the moment, I jump up and run over to my MP-40, scoop it up, spin around to aim at him as I'm going into ironsights, and.. BLAMMO. My corpse slumps down awkwardly against the wall as this rifleman puts one well-aimed shot into me.
So close! :O
War Story #2
So I'm in the server playing Arad, the big open tank-centric map, and I'm holed up in this two-story building in a Russian-help town. My weapon of choice is a Kar98k rifle, bayonet fixed, and I'm picking off Russians one-by-one as they cross this field attempting to get into the village to reinforce it. Unfortunately, I can't cover all angles of approach, and as I'm moving to a different window I hear footsteps in the room next to me. The Russian PTRD gunner that snuck into the house and I almost run into each other in the doorway - he fires a wild shot with his pistol from the hip (yay freeaim), misses, and I crack off a rifle shot at him, also from the hip. Miss. I duck back, not working the bolt yet, and throw a grenade out into the next room before running as far as I can to the other side of this room I'm in so I won't get fragged if he returns the favor. He sees the grenade come into his room, I'm backing up working the bolt on my rifle, and lo and behold this guy steps through the doorway blazing away with his pistol, still not using his ironsights, as he tries to avoid my grenade. BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM and miraculously, I'm still alive. Just as I'm about to either die or get my weapon bolted and sighted on him, KAFUCKINGBOOM, my grenade explodes and catches this Russian in it's blast. The guy crumples to the ground sideways, covered in blood and gore, with the bottom half of one leg, from the knee down, BLOWN THE FUCK OFF and laying on the ground beside his oh-so-dead body.
:D
Comedy "Dslyecxi Getting Killed in a Horrific Way" Videoclip
No explanation necessary for this one.
http://dslyecxi.com/screens/Red_Orchestra_Ostfront/beta_preview/ost_lollers.wmv
Anyhow.. Ostfront rocks! Buy it if you think it's your kind of game. You won't be disappointed.
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http://utilitymaximizer.shackspace.com/heightmap.raw
Better yet, it would be nice if I could save it as 8 bit or 16 bit, and maybe flip it and stuff. Paint Shop Pro 9 can't even open it properly, because it's 16 bit.
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It was pretty cool
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