Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Aug 15, 2006 6:00pm PDTBring it!
- WiFi art - Latest Jack Thompson lawsuit - UndoTV - FireFox crop circleLastly, we're having a SOAP shackmeet this weekend! Read about how horrible the movie is
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
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Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
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38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
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Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Minecraft XBLA is getting a small update (1.7.3) for pistons, and then developer...
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Demon's Souls servers extended again
Its servers scheduled to shut down at the end of this month, Demon's Souls has...
8Bring it!
- WiFi art - Latest Jack Thompson lawsuit - UndoTV - FireFox crop circleLastly, we're having a SOAP shackmeet this weekend! Read about how horrible the movie is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_engineering_disasters
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2nBUHIHeSA
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a new.. online.. syndicate game?
count me in ONLY if the 'arms race' between players is done Spore style... procedurally generated weapons goddamnit!
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So I see all these mentions of the NY shackmeets where everyone just goes and gets blasted and has fun. Shackmeets have always intrigued me, but I'm just not that into video games anymore, though I still read about them and lurk on the shack a lot.
However I do like to go out to bars/clubs, meet new people and generally have as much fun as possible. Like anyone that is into the nightlife, I generally say the more the merrier. Any Seattle Shackers interested in getting together some night in some night spot, getting drunk and hitting on girls with me? I think it sounds great.
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i have a .inf drivers and i need force windows xp installations every time i need install my device, im looking for wise or other thing to make a compilation and wizard installation.
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I am also dreading the next 2 summer's of shitty copy-cat movies. When this movie makes a ton of money, every hollywood studio is going to start working on similar b-grade action movies with "funny" titles.
I will probably still go see it at the drafthouse and get shit-faced drunk while watching it though.
I think a good B-grade action movie is one that takes itself seriously when it's released, not one that was made and marketed as one. What are some good examples?
Road House, Over the Top(arm wrestling movie!), ????
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Haven't been able to access the site since about 10:30c last night. :(
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No movie has had more re-watchability for me than Back to the Future, its right there with Wrath of Khan. It makes me feel like a little kid and its still AWESOME at the same time. Not only that, but the sequels didn't suck either (3 was so-so, but still better than average).
Cheers to Robert Zemeckis, Michael J. Fox, and Christopher Llyod
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Which is the good RAID, and do all HDs need to be identical in size? :)
thanks
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I might have to make the switch back to a coupe for my next vehicle. It has a full size back seat at least, and the kids should be old enough to buckle themselves in by the time I'm ready for a new vehicle...
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I just finished recording some footage of myself using my new TrackIR4, for those who were wondering what it looks like to actually physically use one.
Hahahaha, man. This footage cracks me up. I will seal my internet geek fate if I ever end up posting this. :D
The neat thing is that it's taken from the front (with the camera placed beside the TrackIR itself), in a dark environment, so you can actually see the game I'm playing (Aces High 2) in the reflection of my glasses, and watch it react to my movements (at least when you can see it).
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TL;DR - Marble Blast Ultra or Mutant Storm?
I need more arcade games, preferably a shooter since I really really suck at Geometry Wars (only to 85k and it's kicking my ass). However, i'm wondering if Mutant Storm is too similar to it and I'll just get frustrated more? I really dug the Marble Blast demo, so that's my alternative.
The Mutant Storm demo was too short - fun and I survived most of it however - to form an opinion if it's just going to kick my ass as well.
Should I step away from shooters based on my lousy GW score and go for MBU, or risk the purty psychedelic colors once more?
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It pains me to think I'd own something like that and not really ever use it to its' fullest. What's the point in just playing games on it?
Are there any generative 3D/Fractal style programs out there that are kind of like programming environments, where you setup a few rules and then the computer generates an image based upon the rules that you set? Or is there something like that for audio? What experimental virtual environments are out there that would take advantage of my new beast? If I can't ever find one I'm probably just gonna get bored of it and sell it!
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Best scene ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUee1WvtQZU
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http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=7663 (part 1)
http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=7664 (part 2)
David Brent at Microsoft :)
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It's odd because it really makes me wonder about whether I should leave and go elsewhere. I'm reasonably sure I'm not going to make the promotion rounds this year (even though I was nominated), but for some reason I have some kind of idiotic sense of duty. We're currently deployed to a client that has specifically asked for people to stay here for the long term, and I feel bound by that... I quite like the people I work with, the work that I do, and everything else about the job with the complete exception of the money.
Last year we received a 2% pay rise. I'm just wondering when I'm going to get to the point where I can't take the insult that is our wage any more.
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Still need to get the complete GITS Tv Series...
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So I thought, ok cool. Ryan Reynolds is a funny guy tho, how does that fit a cold quiet killer like: http://img141.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img141&image=shoryuken5jh.jpg
In other words I don't know shit about Deadpool. But hot damned, if the rumors are true this may be the best (or at least funniest) comic movie ever.
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THE AMBIGUOUSLY GAY DUO: Ace and Gary give helpful, safe, and seemingly homoerotic tips to confused boys. (Steve Carell(voice), Stephen Colbert(voice))
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I know HDMI is loss-less, digital, no restricitons on length of cable, and also sends audio. I think it is also nescisary for copy protection on some specs, but IM not sure.
Is this true? I personaly dont want the audio going to my display, as I dont even have speekers on mine, I use my A/V tuner. I dont care about 1080p, if it is even a factor. I know componet will do 720p and 1080i just fine, so what am I losing using this addon solution? It sounds like Ill save 300 bucks, and have one less device.
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http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1091105&WxsIERv=Obrvat%20777-236%2FRE&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=Oevgvfu%20Nvejnlf&QtODMg=Ybaqba%20-%20Tngjvpx%20%28YTJ%20%2F%20RTXX%29&ERDLTkt=HX%20-%20Ratynaq&ktODMp=Whyl%2010%2C%202006&BP=0&WNEb25u=Fgrir%20Zbeevf%20-%20NveGrnzVzntrf&xsIERvdWdsY=T-IVVB&MgTUQtODMgKE=Qrfpraqvat%20guebhtu%20guva%20ynlre%20bs%20pybhq%20svir%20zvyrf%20sebz%20ynaqvat.%20Guvf%20nf%20npghnyyl%20n%20shyy%20%27pbybhe%27%20vzntr%2C%20gur%20funqrf%20bs%20terl%20vf%20gur%20jnl%20vg%20jnf.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=223060&NEb25uZWxs=2006-08-07%2020%3A17%3A25&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=29320%2F182&static=yes&width=1024&height=695&sok=&photo_nr=30&prev_id=1091145&next_id=NEXTID&size=L
Also, a cool flashback for the C-64 gamers here:
http://www.lemon64.com/reviews/view.php?id=108
looks ok. watchable since Jason Stratham is in it. He's so dreamy
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http://www.webstandards.org/files/acid2/test.html
Here's what it looks like in IE: http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ieacid2ra3.jpg
Works in Opera.
More info here: http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/
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I got a used copy of Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits. Yay me.
I love it a lot. But now I have major thumb cramps.
I also got Advance Wars DS used.
<3 Gaming.
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I haven't played for a while so I had to install 1.3 patch. now when I start it I get the splash screen, then fade to black and then I am back at the desktop.
wtf?
I've even reinstalled the whole game (took about 30 minutes) and it's still crashing.
All drivers are updated.
does anyone know what's going on?
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Man, it's just horrible. The TV series was great, minus a few animation issues. It had enough gore, but not excessive (most of the time), some class, some sexiness, excellent music, and very little cheese.
The OVA, on the other hand, is the opposite of all these things. The pacing sucks, the characters are dumbed down, music is annoying, and the gore is stupid. Even the animation isn't all that much better.
Too bad. I still say that if the right Hollywood director got a hold of the license, an awesome movie could be made about the series (not the comic book story, it's kind of lame).
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O_o
Magnus Samuelsson vs Megaman in armwrestling.
Notice how small Samuelsson seams compared to Megaman. (Samuelsson is 200cm/150kg, 6'7"/330 pounds)
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http://www.govideocodes.com/v-13054-astronaut-jones-tracy-morgan.php
got a machine infront of me, Athlon 1.33Ghz on VIA KT133A mainboard, it does NOT have integrated video, two dimms installed.. and 576MB of ram
and one of the dimms is a double height dealie
what. the. a 320MB dimm?!
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Snakes on a plane is gonna SUCK!
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However so far the series barely focusses on Blade, he's almost a side character, simply lending the series its setting and name-giving title, but not much of the plot. I consider that a good thing since the more interesting story is that of the newly made vampire chick. I can even see hints of Alias with her being an undercover vampire agent. I'll watch a few more eps before I write the show off as too dumb. So far it's showing a faint glimmer of potential.
For some reason, I guess I wasn't paying attention at some point down the line... my DVD drive in my computer got locked to Region 4 dvds, but I own a large number of UK (Region 2) dvds. wtf. I thought it didn't matter about regions anymore?
Is there any way of getting around this?
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