Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Mar 07, 2007 6:00pm PSTI feel bad for the GDC folks who wanted the show to be about developers meeting each other. That is surely becoming less and less the case with the loss of E3. Amazing how much stuff is being unveiled and footage and screenshots are hitting.
- RFID passports are great - TechFest - Rosie still stupid, eats babies - Dont spam this dude - Latest concept cars - Robots will kill youLastly, please do be polite to our new guy Mr. Faylor. He's sensitive.
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
xp vs vista.
is it worth upgrading or is the consensus to hold out for a service pack/driver stability cycle.
also my needs for the os would be wireless networking over 2-3 pc's, eventual streaming to a 360 or other htpc setup, games, and the other norms. i take it the media center version would be the way to go?
I'm going to install ubuntu later today. I've become increasingly curious to see how much linux has matured over the past couple years. Plus the "Free" price tag is very hard to ignore especially when you consider linux hasn't had this much hype in a long time.
Is there any thing I should know before installing, any reference sites for troubleshooting, or is everything I need to know found in the ubuntu forums? And do I install feisty fawn? Which apparently is just a beta release.
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If anyone would like to give it a look and give me some feedback that would be great.
Screenshots here, but they are old sorry, i re-textured the terrain last night.
http://ease_one.shackspace.com/misc/in_progress6.jpg
http://ease_one.shackspace.com/misc/in_progress5.jpg
http://ease_one.shackspace.com/misc/in_progress2.jpg
You can get the file here.
http://ease_one.shackspace.com/ONS-Highway-to-Hell-Public.zip
The only other note is I am running the latest patch so you might need that for new textures or something, no idea.
Thanks for any feedback.
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E4300 with a brand new Giga DS3P 3.3 - I was really kinda hoping for 3.2 - at least 3.0 - stock cooler I admit but hell some people have mucho luck with the stock cooler.
Won't even post above 2.8, one panda = sad.
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http://www.howtoforge.com/the_perfect_desktop_ubuntu6.10_p5
http://www.debianadmin.com/applications-installation-in-one-click-using-easyubuntu.html
but the process fails along the way. Any help and tips in general for a new Ubuntu user would help out a ton, Thanks.
my gf got me an 8gb ipod nano for our 6 month anniversary today, i hope i can get this damn thing to work
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This guy in his title "Xbox360 games! 20$"
I go down the list, and again above it says 20$. Gears is among that list. So I email him asking if he is still has gears for $20.
his response: "why would i sell gears of war for $20? $20 is just the starting price"
wtf? you set your prices low as a starting price, should it be reversed?
my response: "oh I'm sorry, I just assumed thats how much you were selling it for, since that's what you listed"
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"Gas Powered Games, developers of Supreme Commander, were understandably upset about the review, as it was one of the first Supreme Commander reviews to appear, and may have swayed some fans from purchasing the game.
Apparently, although this has not been confirmed as of yet, the controversy only became worse when rumors of a bribe began to surface. Electronic Arts, in competition with Gas Powered Games (EA's own RTS, Command & Conquer 3, ships near the end of March), supposedly offered a large sum of money to Game Pro Australia in exchange for the low review score of Supreme Commander.
There are now more rumors that GamePro Australia is being shut down, although this also is not yet confirmed."
Interesting if true...
GamePro always sucked balls so I wouldn't be surprised.
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http://www.handdrawngames.com/
http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/GroupScoreboard.asp (will only show you shacknews scores after you've completed + saved a game)
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Is this an across the board price drop or what is going on?
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http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/andybarker.shtml
Staring Andy Richter, Buster From Arrested Development, and plenty of funny funny guests!
I predict a quick cancellation though strictly due to the fact that this shit is funny and it probably belongs on Comedy Central.
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http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1017122,00.html
Link to swedish newspaper bc I could not find any in english.
According to that 80% off the bee population in 22 states in USA has just disappeared. No one knows why and some bee keepers fear bankruptcy. No one know what would happen since the bees help pollinate much of the crops and such things.
Similar things have happened before but not on this scale.
Poison? Global Warming? Jew Conspiracy? Genetically Enhanced Crops?
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I picked it up drove around the neighborhood looking for any immediate owners and then took it back to the house and put it in a kennel. I've made flyers and will distribute those in the area at lunch but have determined that if noone calls in the next 24 hours that I will take it to the local animal shelter.
I've also notified the shelters of what I have along with my name and number.
Is there anything else that I could be doing? We have 2 dogs currently and definitely do not want another one... especially a gigantic beast.
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You are so wrong, this game is fucking AWESOME. The weapons they cut out were mostly useless and overpowered, and the gameplay is perfect. I played for 5 hours with bagelcc and kodiak (hi2u banned shacker), and it was some of the most fun ive had online in ages.
Im sure they will add more stupid backgrounds and voice packs, because that seems to be what everyone on the internets is bitching about.
p.s: the ninja rope is fine, noobs.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RYPKQB2TAGSVWQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=197800860
a real tricorder within reach.
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you guys are never wrong on TV shows to watch! except maybe veronica mars
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TL;DR: News spoiled that Capt. America died and I want them to know I am pissed.
PS: For those of you who will say I am over reacting (I know you will), how would you like it if the AP spoiled the last Harry Potter book the day it comes out?
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Some guy today sent an e-mail with a quote by Truffaut to all the women in the office. Now some lesbian chick appearently got mad and send a reply including this french bit
"...une construction très masculine du corps féminin. Les jambes dénudées anticipent, font imaginer la chair par sa blancheur, comme Charles Denner dans l'Homme qui aimait les femmes : avec l'image des compas qui arpentent le monde, il prédit l'ouverture, le désir, la sexualité en suivant les jambes.."
Can someone translate this for me?
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From a alpha build :
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/793/793794/vids_1.html
This video is insane so damn cool, this game is now at the top of my list, simply awesome. PS3 or Xbox 360.. oh which version do I choose??? maybe... I'll take both mooohhaa
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So here I am with my legs elevated while lying in bed. I think I have found ONE position in which I should be able to get some sleep. Walking causes no pain, but sitting down does. It's bearable, but I am still going to see an actual doctor today.
Question : since I don't have a personal/family doctor, I'd be better off hitting the ER at the hospital? Or should I go back to another walk in clinic. I am leaning towards the ER.
Nuts to this.
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Had to take seats pretty near the front. I've never been to Imax before, is it going to be neck-breaking?
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Questions in this thread please!
lol @ zorro
Anyone catch what the Russian writing said?
That was the same cat was it? I think they just intended for it to look similar.
You would think that Locke would have been told about the C4 from Sayid or Kate and would put 2+2 together and omgz not "Enter 77"
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enjoy your day of celebration
to 2% shack
Can someone who owns GRAW2 verify whether or not it has 4 player split-screen multiplayer?
I was immensely saddened when Vegas didn't have this feature, as it meant no multiplayer Vegas for when my friends come over. But if GRAW2 has it then I'll be sure to buy it for this weekend...
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Plus next week The marines arrive
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How do you save a game in the men's bathroom? I went in there and didn't see anything that would allow me to save a game.
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wow this kind of satellite imagery is scary
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