Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, May 01, 2006 7:11pm PDTWell it looks like things are shaping up just fine for E3 this year. Hopefully with the 4 guys in one big hotel room nobody gets all Reggie Evans. I've got an absolute ton of crap work to finish up before the show. Hope I can do it! Enjoy 24 tonight eh?
- Yahoo has unveiled a new personal tech site - The changing online marketplace - Monster neutron machine - Beverly Hills Cop 4? - Kids online hot or not? - LA scores 45mbitLastly, apparently politicians can be corrupted. It makes me sad. :(
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Hope some folks here enjoy it when it's available in a month.
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It reminded me of a funny story. I was in the theater watching it... And it was the scene where Frodo and Sam were on the cusp of mount doom and Frodo falls over and won't go any further... and Sams giving an inspirational speech...
Somewhere in the theater someone shouted out "GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE" and the theater fucking lost it. Yeah I hate people shouting out stuff (Except at Rocky Horror) but that shit was funny.
Anyone else have a funny movie theater story not involving blowjobs?
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/
...on my DVR. Worth watching?
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Do you guys reckon there is much difference between looking at a picture being displayed natively vs non-natively?
Let's say the same 720p signal is being displayed on a 50" plasma capable of 1366x768 vs a 42" plasma only capable of 852 x 480? I just had a look at some in the shop and I didn't really notice any difference. The pictures being shown were "HD" but I don't know exactly what sort of signal it was.
How bout xbox 360 games? Is there a big difference displaying those natively at 720p?
I heard the Sony Bravia's were great lcd's but I thought they looked like ass, both the S and V model's. People's faces looked blocky and this was with a HD signal, I dunno, maybe it was what was being played. Thing is, I'll be watching a lot of downloaded tv shows which aren't HD quality, so it seems they'll look even worse on the higher res panels.
Rear projection is affordable but the viewing angles are shocking! I had to crouch down at the level of the tv's so the picture wouldn't be dark. Dissapointing.
BAH! I think I might just go with an affordable 42" plasma and be done with it. I just wish the 42" models could display 720p natively =(
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Too funny.
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I have gmail, shack, and google calendar at 79,332 K.
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so uhh, i guess i have to dance with her, at my wedding, on june 3rd, in front of 200 people, umm, and stuff.
yikes.
so, dance lessons? what do you guys think about that? i think we should see someone and have something choreographed so that we can really impress everyone. and i know she would love it.
anyone have experience with this kind of thing?
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I've not liked the casting choices (except for Spacey which was cool) or the costume design of Singer's Superman from day one. However I held on to the hope that the movie script would be good, and that that Spacey and the FX would save it. Well.....
Moriarty from AICN spills the beans and the beans aren't good. Here are some mostly non-spoiler quotes...
[i]"It bothers me that this movie is structurally a beat-for-beat rehash of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE. It bothers me that Lex Luthor is involved in another land scam.... what bothers me more than anything is the fact that there are two action sequences in the whole script. And neither one really blew my skirt up at all. "
"Warner Bros. needs to step up and show us why he's the biggest and best hero of them all, and instead, we're getting a mopey Superman who seems more concerned with what Lois has been doing with her cooter for the last five years than anything else. "
"hanging around Lois's house and spying on her family with his x-ray vision because he's the sullen jilted boyfriend [doesn't] really makes him "super" in my book"
"Isn't it a bad sign when they bring on a cute kid for a sitcom? "
"As crazy as this sounds, I would have preferred the JJ Abrams draft. At least that had supervillains and a giant robot battle."[/i]
see the rest here. Just be warned. Major spoilage by page two
http://tinyurl.com/mlpgm
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OH GOD MY LEGS ARE ON FIRE AND I LIKE IT.
I advise everyone to go to the gym. It is good and allows you the power to crush small children's heads like walnuts between your bulging thighs.
Straight back into the 4-night-a-week routine.. I go with 3 mates from my old workplace and it's awesome.
Not gay
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only 8 questions.
http://www.siteadvisor.com/spywarequiz
I got 7 out of 8 (damnit)
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http://icomeinpeace.shackspace.com/PICS/photo_0012.jpg
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mmmmm....
http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/screen-hires/48520/Too-Human/
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http://abrasion.shackspace.com/mess.jpg
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This is probably the Xbox 360 game I am looking forward to the most. Simply beautiful.
http://www.tarsier.se/metronome/
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BORAT!!!!
borat politics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_K6kOsEgpI&search=borat%20politics
borat on dating:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9d-qsnMPC0g&search=borat
borat on wine-tasting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1gczVUBjec
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http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
I'm a huge fan of Apple computers and software, but these ads aren't that great. Seriously, they need to stop beating around the bush and start actually SHOWING why OSX actually does things better than Windows. Jobs' keynotes where he actually sits down in front of a mac and shows how easy shit can be are WAY more informative and are what sold me on OSX, not these types of ads where people feel like they're being talked down to. Sure it works on some levels, but people who are kinda sorta happy with their PC aren't going to budge with this kind of stuff.
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http://www.shacknews.com/docs/press/050106_fullauto2.x
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http://www.donpixel.com/play/en/060411181003/
NWS site
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I just got my copy of Psychonauts in the mail today!
Thanks Total FusionOne! I want to have your man babies
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http://www.artchive.com/artchive/c/copley/revere.jpg
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now that i am quiting work and going to school, i think i am gonna start to get into shape.
i have been interested in possibly buying a bowflex, but i don't really know if they are worth the money, anyone have any experience?
are there other good all around fitness machines?
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(yes, this is some japanese game most of you have never heard of)
It's just so..funny. The quick explanation is side-to-side movements activate the side shots. This guy is really serious about his side shots.
http://bigcore.rsdio.com/zakk/stuff/joystick-abuse.avi
The last panel: What happened in '98?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4169566788788927892&q=street+fighter+2&pl=true
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http://hotornot.com/r/?eid=AQEURMG-BDE
I'm a 9.4 on Hot or Not Motherfuckers!
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Iiiii seeeeee yooouuuuuu...
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