Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jun 28, 2006 6:07pm PDTNo Titan Quest for me just yet. That's probably a good thing since there is a lot to do this week. Try these mofos on for size:
- Next-gen of iPod troubles - Rad companies - Senate shockingly sides with telcos on net neutrality. Except not shockingly - Here comes GBuy!Lastly, Toshiba still fighting for a unified HD format for DVDs. We can all hope?
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
Here is your daily toe.
NWS
http://kodie.dumpmedia.com/pics/280604/kodiefiles.nl.jpg
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Bandwidth as a resource should have a cost-based allocation function to it or gridlock will be the result. I am sure Umax could do a much better job explaining this but "net neutrality" as it is proposed is really a very scary thing: a federal price control, that will distort the allocation of a mostly fixed resource.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxSdKF5Fd38
TLDW:
10. Cerebral Bore - Turok
9. Chainsaw - Doom
8. Spread Gun - Contra
7. Rail Gun - Quake 2
6. Laptop - Perfect Dark
5. Energy Sword - Halo
4. Ice Beam - Metroid NES
3. BFG - Doom
2. Red Shell - Mario Kart
1. Gravity Gun - Half Life 2
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Anyone want to play? I'm updating now.
It's a pretty big one, with some interesting additions. The main thing is the new "detonation" mode which includes blowing shit up. There's also two new maps and some improved hit detection stuff.
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=668
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Has a developer ever up and stopped development on a platform for this reason before? I mean, I can see new developers shooting for the moon and failing, especially if they haven't done many titles before (some "announced" Wii titles come to mind..). And this game kind of looks like it might fit that situation... nevertheless, I'm curious just how expensive a PS3 dev kit costs.
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How does this look:
ABIT AN8 SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard (Rather have an ASUS....any recommendations?)
Leadtek PX7900GT Geforce 7900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
I'd LOVE to get a 512MB card, but the price difference is insane.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teniDYVPpLI&search=heavy%20d
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Level 23 Has been destroyed!! HAHAHAHAHA
If you already beat.. Suck my ass. I'm fucking pumped!! Hard game!
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6294/lvl23beatened6yf.jpg
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http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23727
Apparently Johhny Depp hasn't lost any of his magic, in fact he's gained some.
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How can I change windows 0x0d, 0x0a newlines in text file into linux 0x0a newlines with the tr utility? btw the FP is up bitches
ok, this is creepy.. card trick on japanese game show..
umm, cute, but was there a point to the movie? Its like a waste of 2 hours of my life.
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lol what
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http://www.slate.com/id/2144722/entry/2144723/
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Giant Venezualan centipede catches a bat....
The comments are even better than the video, too.
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I was at Frys earlier this evening staring at Winning Eleven for the PS2 on the shelves. I almost bought it but I also saw the same game for the PC and Xbox. What's the better version? And which one has the better rosters?
PS2
PC
Xbox
/throws chair
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check it out.. .... could it be? It's called Dark Star One. Never heard of it until 2 mins ago when I checked gamespot.. [ugh]
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/darkstarone/news.html?sid=6153191&mode=recent
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One of my favorites Christopher Walken SNL sketches.
"I pranked him....to death with a tire iron!"
http://media.putfile.com/walken_pranksters
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When I glance down at the clock on a long day, I sometimes catch a glimpse of this, and it makes the day a little easier to bear:
http://dodob.shackspace.com/oogieboogie1.jpg
Level view: http://dodob.shackspace.com/oogieboogie2.jpg
Close-up: http://dodob.shackspace.com/oogieboogie3.jpg
Oogie Boogie presents... Sally! http://dodob.shackspace.com/oogieboogie4.jpg
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Please god, let someone from these companies read this.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIlTSPPjOOk
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I'd like to get all these images at http://drac.org/wtf/
But I don't relish the idea of clicking on each one. Preferably I don't have to install some app I'll never use again.
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http://picasaweb.google.com/PeterPuffer/
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I'm going to get my popcorn, watch my horribly grainy and deformed DVDs and wait for a winner to emerge from the format wars. A little grain is good for ya.
lots of this has to do with the fact that I have no HDTV and wont for the forseeable future.
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All I can say is ... lol
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Its called "America: freedom to facism"
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/americafreedomtofascism/trailer/
LOL they used that satirical George Bush quote from the onion that say "It's [the constitution] just a goddamn piece of paper"
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the local radio station here plays sound clips from various places like athf,family guy, etc... they played one that was a robot voice saying here kitty kitty.
anyone have a clue where this might be from
i checked the vw "Fast ads" its not them,
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I had a hard time taking Lois Lane seriously when the chick is younger then I am. Born 1983? That means she is 23 right now. In the movie, she had a 5 year old kid. That means she had the kid when she was 18 (maybe even 17).
Don't click if you haven't seen the movie. That definately means Superman knocked her up when she was 17. Truth, Justice and Statutory Rape!
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i have 10 tabs ready with videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ACZwrPBPxE
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Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Free audiobook!!!
http://www.greylodge.org/gpc/?p=60
IMO, Sagan's best work. I've read Cosmos (and own the DVD), Contact, and Demon Haunted World. This is his best work by far and you'd be a fool not to download it. Sagan's writing and his extraordinary ability to explain the complexities of the scientific world to the lay person is unparalleled.
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