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by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 12, 2007 6:58am PSTFinally managed to grab one of those HD-DVD drives for the 360, which have been hard to find in Europe until very recently. Unfortunately no stores here sell HD-DVD movies yet (as far as I know), and new shipments of the HD-DVD player no longer come with a free copy of King Kong, so I'm left waiting for Amazon UK to ship my movies before I can actually use the drive. Movie: That look in your eye is a pain in my ass, you know.
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Demon's Souls servers extended again
Yeah sure as soon as I'm done working on my birthday I'll come help you out on your machine. no problem. thanks. a bunch.
I am moving out on the 23rd. Can't wait.
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It seems like a lot of people have been picking this up, recently. I encourage everyone to take this time to make sure you're listed on the gameWith.us page:
http://shackers.gamewith.us/finder/battlefield-2142
I'd like to do some pub squadding with people who know, to quote Shakespeare, what the fuck. Also, in this thread, list your favorite servers!
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Atop a small hill in Qalia - http://img114.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot00044bg1.jpg
Deep in Dark Elf territory - http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot00056th1.jpg
Standing atop a mountain in Thestra - http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot00065tv7.jpg
In the wilderness, about to kill that camel - http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot00041hy7.jpg
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Ride-my-Rocket and I have been working hard all week and have ordered a sloop for the Shack. Tonight I hope to be qualified enough to be a captain and get our crew rounded up. (I have to have a certain rank in all skills before I can). The boat is ready, as well, so hopefully by tonight I'll have us a shacksquad for all of you to ask and join.
Right now what we need is to decide on a name for our crew. What's your suggestion?
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I think I have to cross the iPod video off because 1) The camera adapter doesn't take off raws from the camera 2) That screen size is just too damn small.
So what are some good, no, great alternatives?
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I got 600 bucks to spend at Futureshop (for games only - insurance refund) and a new 42" 1080P screen. Already got a Wii.
What I'm interested in is not only games, but HD movies that will take advantage of the 1080P.
Can I play all PS2 games on the PS3? Will Xbox360 melt my house down? Should I wait a few months and see if they will release a new revision of the hardware?
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Anyone else working late on this Monday?
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T-minus 30 minutes for a 2-hour JBdoublePH!
Do it or he will cut off your fucking head!
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tonight we're interviewing Chris Taylor. if you have any questions for him, or about Supreme Commander, list them here and I'll be sure we ask them.
thanks.
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About a month ago I bought a 42" Westinghouse 1080p set for a great price. This is primarily a gaming monitor and it works well as that - Lots of inputs, auto selects inputs, remembers individual input settings, and just generally looks really good. It even turns itself off when I'm done. The problem is that I'm on my third set already.
The first set had a very visable line down the middle of the screen, so I exchanged it. The second had backlight bleed around the corners, it went back. Now I'm on my third set and again there is backlight bleed in the corners, the difference is that it almost completely disappers after the set has been on for 30 mins. It's only noticable on a black screen. From what I've read it's a fairly common problem with larger LCD sets. I'm having a hard time deciding if this is acceptable, and if it's not, what I should do?
Do I spend another $400-500 and get the Sharp 42" 1080p set, which sometimes has the same problem according to the AVS forums, and strangely doesn't have a VGA input? Do I try for yet another Westinghouse, since I really do like the set aside from the bleed? My common sense says three strikes and you're out. Or do I just accept the minor (common?) flaw as a trade off for the great price and just enjoy my television?
I've been debating these options for a few days now and I can't make up my mind so I'm wondering what you would do in the same situation.
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wow.
One season, for shits and giggles, they need to let Bam Majera executive produce this (without letting the participants know about it), ya know, so that its going the way they want it, and then they tazer the chick or something. awesome.
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I work as an energy trader so I have 10+ spreadsheets open all day long and I'm really not impressed with the new excel.
It's nice that excel finally supports more than 256 column and allows u to see more instant stats about selected data (sum, count, average, etc..) at once. But VBA is still shitty, web queries havent been improved, conditional formatting still limited, and the new interface takes up too much of the screen.
What's the shack consensus?
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Re this: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13837066
Just watched the new episode... it wasn't that bad. It wasn't Black Market bad. I think it was just mostly pointless... maybe the only purpose of it really was to give Helo a reason to "belong" or be accepted somewhat by the others again (i.e. Tigh), but otherwise, it was a resounding "Meh". Still, there's been less interesting episodes this season, such as "The Passage" see: http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/The_Passage
Another thing, the incarnation of Joe's Bar really reminds me of the very similar incarnation of Rosie's Bar in M*A*S*H. The writers just needed another spot to film some scenes, and a reason to explain random character intoxicated drama (aka the recent episode with Starbuck watching Lee kiss Hooker Dee GROAAAAAANNNNNN)
Talking Points:
- Bruce Davison makes a good racist.
- More episodes like "The Hand of God" or tear jerkers like "Flight of the Phoenix" plz
- Marge aka Racetrack = HOTTTT
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since we cancelled directv, i figured i'd try to see what i could get over the air. as usual, i did no research and just went out and bought something. i picked up an amplified antenna from wal-mart, and i can't see jack shit except a spanish station and public tv, and both of those are fuzzy. i think i live too far from any stations to get decent reception.
before i pack this thing up and take it back, i figure i'd ask the shack. i live in athens, ga, which has no local broadcasting stations that i know of. i'm about 70 miles from atlanta. am i pretty much fucked?
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They never did.
So, now that I have to wait on a replacement for my replacement, I decided I'd check up on my warranty, this time by email.
Today I got an email saying "We know you'd like to check the status of your repair order on your Xbox 360 but email support is unable to process this request."
If only thats what I had asked about. Douchebags.
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Kudos sir you made my day.
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I desire THE OFFICIAL HEROES THREAD!!!!!!!!!
Rules for the thread:
1) Use Spoilers. Just like many other shows, PST does not equal EST. I ask you to respect your friends that are PST, as I will be PST in a month, and would ask you to do the same for me.
2) Be enthusiastic! Its more fun that way.
3) Make predictions about the future, it encourages future shack threads.
COMMENCE!
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We have Time Warner basic cable at the house and all of a sudden I don't get TNTHD or The Discovery Channel in HD... god dammit.
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I'm sure this has be asked before, but what's the best free Windows defragmenting tool out there right now? I don't want to have any risk of loosing/corrupting data, and I know there are a few out there that are sketchy. Thankee.
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