Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jan 31, 2007 6:00pm PSTSo I'll have to say that the Infernal demo the other day was a nice pleasant surprise. I wouldnt call it ground breaking but I'm pretty sure I'll end up getting the full game for a nice distraction for a weekend or two.
- Tagging is hot - Cartoon promo not hot - Counting down to first major Vista hack - The Departed sequel :( - California about to get sassy with light bulbs - Dell run by Dell again - Sony CD compensationLastly, Miss USA embraces the American lifestyle and culture more than we thought!
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http://criminalcrackdown.blogspot.com/2007/01/live-blogging-focus-test.html
Scroll down to 6:03.
Uhh...
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I dont know why ppl bash it, its not the best game but its a very good game. I just recently finished R6 vegas and playing d3 now feels like the same level of enjoyment.
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Is having an energy drink before working out ok to do? I usually drink a full throttle with my breakfast to get me kickin', though, I'm thinking about drinking it after work during my drive to 24hour fitness. I'm usually a lot more tired at that time anyway. Thoughts?
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It really frustrates me that Houston gets so few good metal shows, and we're usually skipped over for El Paso, which is a hole in the Earth, or Corpus Christi, which is about 10% of our size. STOP WITH THE HOUSTON HATE!!
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Dognose? Anyone?
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Added friends Wii numbers, they added me. We're all set to Mingle and Travel. Wiiconnect24 is on. Why aren't we showing up in each others parades?
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Three days ago, a package containing mystery goodness was sent to me and promptly taken away when I wasn't home to sign for it. Not to worry, for it would be re-delivered the next day... also when I wasn't home to sign for it. Surely, on the third day, I would sign for it, but no, it was not meant to be. On the cusp of its being returned to sender, I stormed into FedEx and demanded it be handed to me on the spot for no man, no mere company of couriers, would come between me and the WE so generously sent by Lionel2b.
Herein lies the tale told within my WE...
After successfully storming the FedEx fortress, I escaped with the treasure that had lain within - a single, unassuming, unlabeled box. The sort of vessel one might use to store and Ark of the Covenant in a large warehouse.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratsinis/376138328/in/set-72157594511594574/
Frightened to open it myself, I set an unwitting volunteer upon it, calling out to my wife to not gaze upon its contents, to not open her eyes, no matter how tempted she might be. Shortly thereafter, the volunteer had his face melted by the power of WE. I could sense that it was now safe to gaze inside the box...
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Champion indeed! I had quested for this loot and won it with valor. If such conferred upon me the title of "Champion", so be it - I was ready to carry this burden ... in a rather spacious bag. But wait, there was more just beneath the surface!
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My eyes darted back and forth, seeing everything and discerning nothing save for the letter placed within by the very gods themselves, a message across the ages destined for my eyes for it began "Dear SinistarX".
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These were my gifts, my rewards for years of chastity purity masturbation devotion. The first of these gifts were tomes of knowledge!
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Surely these would take me an age and a day to finish, for I read at the pace of imbecile. Fortunately, my benefactor saw fit to distract me with visual entertainments as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratsinis/376140157/in/set-72157594511594574/
And then, to teach me humility, he included a work of art that was touted in prophecy as the savior of all things, that which would transform our world into one of splendor and complexity. When it arrived, of course, we found out the prophecy may have been hyped by courtesans.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratsinis/376140565/in/set-72157594511594574/
The warmth of my body left me as I realized in horror the number of hours I would spend entranced by these delights. Thank goodness a pair of muffs were included to at least keep my ears warm.
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Then, suddenly, a beast attacked from the south, tearing its claws into my skin and pushing me back away from my goods until it had secured that which had drawn its lust.
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So I raised my mace, glowing red with powerful magic, and proceeded to swing, swing, swing, swing until I finally hit the beast, after which I ran, ran, ran.
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A bloody duel commenced, leaving me in shock. I had lost all control of the battle.
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I escaped the best and came to rest against a moss covered rock, taking a moment to address the wounds I had received. I winced with each contact made with open wounds.
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My plight was forgotten, however, when a bright light shone in the distance. My eyes, having adjusted to darkness, were blinded by this sudden interruption of the blackness around me. I pawed at the ground, trying to regain my footing and my stance, raising myself to full height before approaching a smooth, black monolith that emanated a constant pulsing sound.
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I gazed into the light pouring out of it until the darkness around me fell away. Suddenly, I witnessed a vision of a great battle amongst the stars! Of mechanical creatures who are incredibly hot! And of women built like the men of the villages - sturdy and stout.
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Could all this truly be mine? Not without a fight, it would seem. From all sides, I heard the crunch and roll of machines of war, attacking me in a pack as they traversed the ground on wheels of fire, wheels of heat. From the ground sprung battalions of men so low I would offend the worms of the earth to refer to them as such.
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Prolonged battle saw me the victor. It would exhaust me to relay the entire tale to you, so let it suffice to say that I was triumphant and the entire haul was mine.
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Except for the spoils claimed by the beast.
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And with that I give a hearty thanks to Lionel2b, who, by suffering a delay of his delivery, got all of this to me on the eve of my 34th birthday and 4 days before I was going to purchase a Zune. The timing couldn't be better. :)
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A new contractor started at the gig I'm at, and he was assigned to sit next to me at my desk (bastard, stealing my space). He's a pretty cool guy, technically talented. English doesn't seem to be his 1st language, although he speaks english pretty well. Anyway, he has an accent. He turns to me just now and asks the following .NET question...
"Can you open up and let me see your GAC? I want to verify I have the right file versions of DevExpress components".
I didn't hear the 2nd sentence. My mind stopped at "GAC" cause it sounded like he said "Can you open up and let me see your cack?"
holy shit that was so hard not to burst out laughing. ahhh good times. OK, proxy off... back to work for me!
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Got a weird one where a user is sending an email to someone and when the user responds she gets her own email back. (as far as outlook is concerned)
Thanks to "leave a copy of on server" - I know for a fact that the mail does actually have a reply - as the user is logging in to the mailbox with outlook express to get the mail fine.
I'm not going nuts here, seriously she literally gets an exact copy of her own email back - any idea's?
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The lease on my apartment is up at the end of february I gave my 60days notice a few days before xmas, the leasing manager asks me if I could move out earlier because they have a long waiting list, I said sure, let me start looking for a new place, I find one and tell them I could move mid January, she said that's fine but I have to pay till the new tenant can move in She contacts the new tenant and finds out when is the earliest time she can move in. Feb. I said ok. I change my move out date to the Feb 7th and my new place move in data is Feb 1st gives me a week to move my shit and schedule movers on the 5th + 2 days to clean and get my deposit back. I go pay my 1 week of rent today the leasing manager isn't there just an agent and I find out I have to pay 'till the 11th because she isn't going to move in till then. I said "I thought we agreed I'd be out by the 7th?" she said yes "but we need to clean the apartment." why do I have to pay for that? also since i'm breaking my lease (not staying the 12months) I may have to pay back the renewal bonus I got. Anyway what would be funny is if I end up having to pay more then if I just stayed the entire month.
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how on earth is this happening? how can they be charged with "placing a hoax device in a way that results in panic, as well as one count of disorderly conduct" when anyone with half a fucking brain can see that it they were simply placing advertisements? this is making me so fucking angry. fuck this stupid country.
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6 months for me to read the last 3 books
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Anyone else freaking the fuck out now that the onlinegiftrewards website seems to have nothing but a blank HTML page now? I was on 17 of 18 and by god if they closed up shop or had some sort of hiccup while I was on MY LAST...oh there will be hell to pay.
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Site is back up and I just went to Verification!
http://ds.ign.com/articles/759/759123p1.html
Thats all I really care about in 2007 with the DS. I hope some cool stuff is revealed at E3.
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"I <3 [picture of a lamp]" WTF!?
The internets has been alerted!
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Our team did some research and it turns out that Subversion only works for java. Could you recommend a commercial package which will work with our code?
I think he's about to have a stroke.
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Have you seen http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419946/ .
Lot's of shit blows up!
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For a couple of weeks me and a collegue have been making a wiki for internal use for our ONLINE TEAM.
My manager just came over and said - chat log (sorry)
Boss - We can't call it wiki.
Me - oh? ok...
Boss - we should call it blog, thats the buzz word.
Me - But. But it's not a blog, it's a wiki...
Boss - whats a wiki?
Urge to kill rising.
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At least two people have become intoxicated by drinking hand-sanitizing gels, a potentially deadly habit, doctors reported Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/31/hand.gels.reut/index.html
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If you have two geniuses from the same field (in anything, chemistry, economics, advertising, physics, IT) in a room working together, would they be more productive or less? Would the collaboration of two great minds encourage new and better ideas or would egos clash with each person wanting their own way?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go
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http://thesuperficial.com/2007/01/jennifer_aniston_talks_about_h.html
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I have 2 W-2's and 1 1099-R. Can I do it online or would i need to goto like H&R or something?
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