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Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, May 11, 2007 6:00pm PDTThere are many things in this world I would holla at. I'm pretty sure funnel cake is up near the top of the list. I mean it's not really grape cotton candy or something like that but it really does deliver pretty well. This fine Friday evening I'd like you girls to reflect on your week, those pants you wore the other day, and how you can make the world a better place. Oh and read this stuff:
- Race for clean car
- Earth
- Dudes dropping iron from the sky
- Dude, she WANTS to ride the train
- Really old alien sun
- Google searches the naughty
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As everyone knows, Powerpoint sucks balls. And since my company is 98% PC based, we can't use Keynote.
Any shackers have experience relying on some other presentation software or system for rich media presentations - containing occasional videos, flash assets, etc.?
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thoughts on the DigiPen Masters program
I'm just going to go over each of the classes I've taken so far. A little background on myself, I got my Computer Engineering degree at the University of Florida. Which was basically 50% in Computer Science and 50% in Electrical Engineering. After deciding that the hardware side of things wasn't really for me, and that lame corporate computer science wasn't for me either... I learned of DigiPen, and realized that a career in the video games industry was not a dream but a reality!
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http://www.blizzard.com/ Splash page is up, which pretty much confirms a Starcraft game.
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i use notepad++ for editing and its great, but I'm wondering what you guys are using? it would be nice to be able to have some autocompletion, and the ability to add in autocompletion for custom libraries like EXTJS or Prototype, is this possible?
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Sorry if someone's already posted
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Is there any reason that Windows XP wouldn't validate when I try it? Online activation can not be completed at this time is what I get, and when I try the telephone option there is no displayed number... wtf? Does it just mean the activation server/portion is offline right now or what?
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Turned out I had TOO MUCH oil in it...and since oil tends to attract grime...it ended up getting gritted up (I'd fired quite a few rounds in that one session when it jammed up...he said that oil tends to suck up carbon...that the rounds end up getting some of that combination on the cases and you end up with a sand-papery chamber/feeding ramp or something). The gunsmith said he didn't like oil in general as a lubricant...and he told me that I should use dry graphite instead (its what he used when he cleaned the gun). He polished up the chamber real good and said (and I may be fucking up my terminology here...I always sucked at using the right terms) to clean the barrel/bore/chamber with kroil...clean it out...and for all moving parts to spray the dry graphite on them. He said if it gets really dirty to use lacquer thinner to get a lot of the carbon out...and that the excess graphite on outer parts of the gun where I don't want it could be removed easily with a q-tip with lacqer thinner on it (or I could just clean it off...but he seemed to be really keen on lacquer thinner).
I have to say the graphite is really nice...it actually made the double action trigger a little smoother towards the end (where it would normally kinda give more resistance and require a little extra squeeze before)...and everything seems to work nicely (I've put around 300-400 rounds through it thus far with no problems...not so much as a misfeed or any damned thing). On a side note he said he doesn't like the newer Kimbers...he said he doesn't feel they're safe because they've changed them to feed hollowpoints more easily...but he said that the chamber ends too early or something...and that he's seen casings pop and people end up with bloody hands a couple of times or something.
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Mini-figurines for sale in reply.
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_kolbert?currentPage=all
Science is fucking awesome.
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after a few hours with it today, i can safely say that this game is fucking great. they took halo 2, tweaked what needed tweaked, and added enough to keep the game fresh.
visually it looks much better then many of you think. better environments, models, textures, physics, effets, etc...
The new player speed is perfect, the game doesnt feel sluggish at all. The new weapons are fucking great (especially the new grenade and the spiker gun). the new added "pickups" (bubble shield, power drainer, etc.) are a pretty nice addition too.
my only gripe right now is that loading takes a little longer, but hopefully thats fixed by launch.
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<xboxnoobstory>
So I'm heading back to the security room with Lean, Aaron and Burt. Leah is on piggy back and Aaron and Burt both have shotguns. We head out into the park and the convicts make their appearance. I make quick work of them with a SMG and pick up Sophie and head for the door to Paradise. When... omfg... the clock strikes 7:00pm, cue zombie beef-up video, and THE FUCKING CONVICTS RESPAWN. HOLY WTF, RUN YOU API FAGS, RUN!!!!
By this point I'm thinking of reloading... but... persistence, man. persistence. I make quick work of the convicts... again... and lead the troop to the doors. We take the back way around the main throughfare of Paradise and get to the warehouse. Cue wasp video, great! got the queen for the elevator, open it up and... no zombies... sweet. Everyone in.
The punchline: FUCKING AARON KILLS BURT BY ACCIDENT WHILE CLIMBING ONTO THE VENT AREA. Yeah, I turn around and watch as it happens... Big red letters.
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Anyway, fun stuff. What kind of awesomely cool 360 games are out there that the Shack recommends?
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They called it the LAN Down Under
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also anyone ever merge accounts on facebook? do you lose anything in the process?
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=4103
It's at my house. There will be beer and alcohol, food, women, and video games. Some of you dallas or houston girls should come. I have two couches, as well as three completely empty bedrooms if anyone wants to crash here.
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http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=344593&pfp=mar6
I saw a couple of threads this week asking about these things. I had been looking to get one for the wife and I was really disappointed with the selection out there. Most of them had small screens and the same resolution as my cell phone (320x240 or something even more screwy). Most of them didn't have remotes. A lot of them had shitty picture modes and just all and all were lacking. To get some decent features, you really have to go up in price and even some of those are just UGLY. See for yourself @ http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=category&id=pcmcat94900050028 or http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=548&name=Digital-Frames
This frame kicks ass, I gave it to my wife tonight. 640x480 means that my camera phone shots don't look bad but you can still see some decent detail from my XTi shots. It has 128mb of internal memory so I can dump a fair amount of 1mp shots to it and not have to worry about using external memory ... but it supports SD and CF and xD and Memory Stick and you can just use USB thumb drives. It can do pictures and music and it has nice transitions and it has a remote so you can just pause your shit. I was worried about the Mustek brand too (I had a scanner back in '97 from them that caught fire and burned a desk to the ground at a friend's place) but they have been around for ages now and it has a 1 year warranty if you register it so it can't be that bad.
The $100 price tag goes off tonight so if you can order it and pick it up in store, you can pick it up tomorrow and get today's price. The rebate is only $20 so if you suck at rebates like I do, you only lose $20. Anyways, best digital picture frame for the money unless you fuckers can prove me wrong.
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Right, I've acquired a Nintendo DS, what gaming goodness is worth getting for this darned thing??
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1. Convenience - the shape of the device and it's needs are accomodating.
2. Power - it has to operate long enough to complete a few tasks.
3. Tasks - it must offer several relevant operations.
4. Performance - it should not take very long to perform each task.
5. Complexity - the device can't be too complicated or too simplistic.
I think of each factor as being independant but affecting other factors.
For example, if the device can perform several relevant operations in a very short period of time with a single keystroke, but only functions for 30 minutes before needing a recharge, the power factor would be low, the performance factor will be high and the convenience and the complexity factors will be low respectively.
On the other hand, let's imagine a device that can run for a week before needing a recharge and performs a single task slowly to conserve power. The device is small, but you have to remove the battery in order to change the storage media. To interact with the device, you have to use a limited number of buttons, each one having 10 different sub-functions. In this example, the task factor would be low, the power factor would be high, the performance factor would be low, the complexity factor would be high and the convenience factor would be low.
I began to question some of the devices we see, wondering why they were inconvenient to operate or able to preform specific tasks.
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1f4_1179038976
cop bakes confiscated weed into brownies, eats them with wife and calls 911 in a panic b/c he thinks he's dying and all the anchors lol at his ass
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Here are some awesome shots from the beta, courtesy of EG.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=76317
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Oh, for crying out loud. The Eurovision Song Contest was held last night, and today all the papers are full of columnists tearing their hair, and accusing all the Eastern European countries of being in a vote-trading cabal. I'm getting a bit annoyed, because I liked the song that won (Serbia's entry), and the whole thing reeks of snobby West Europe elitism.
Case in point: much-hyped Sweden ended up in 18th place. The reason, according to the newspapers' brilliant analysis: sneaky Eastern Europeans only voting for each other and Sweden not having enough neighbours. And it's bullshit! Hell, if you remove the "neighbour vote", Sweden gets 9 points. 9.
Now, if we remove every single vote given by an "Eastern European country", Serbia gets 128 points, Turkey gets 113, Ukraine gets 108, Hungary gets 79 and on and on it goes.
Maybe, just maybe, people didn't like the damn song, you morons.
So yeah, here's the winner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_wCOzgVHww
And here's Sweden's entry, for kicks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki0CczCqDw4
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So what does everyone else think about the DLC? Personally, I'm loving the new vehicles. The buggy and APC are both awesome. I'm playing through again on Psychotic with a maxed-out character and the new vehicles and weapons, and it's pretty fun.
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Cast Iron, Hard Enamel, Or Enameled Cast Iron.
These are the best? And which do you prefer and why?
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Who here has heard of Jars of Clay?
I am not a big fan of their work, but they have done a couple cool things over the past few months that make me stand up and applaud them.
:::Record our Show:::
First back in Feb they released a video where they had asked the audience to record their show on their cell phones and such and send it in. Someone mixed it all and they released the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piXCNm2d6E0
:::Remix our Song:::
Now they have a deal where they have released all the tracks of one of their songs and are encouraging people to remix the song and have provided a place to upload and listen to other people's mix.
http://stems.nettwerk.com/jocremix/remix.action
This is legitimate and all, I got that second link from their official website http://www.jarsofclay.com/
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http://www.e-sword.jp/orderform.htm
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"McGruber! The bomb is going to explode in 10 seconds!!"
"Quick! Hand me that tomato juice! And you! The celery stick! Does anyone see any tabasco sauce?"
"Are you making a drink?"
BOOOOM!!
That shit is genius.
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Shinoda needs to just keep doing Fort Minor instead of LP. The new LP is horrendous.
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http://www.parlayer.com/2007/05/09/video-the-best-of-the-swoosh-nikes-20-greatest-commercials
Some good stuff there. For some reason, I remember loving those Dennis Hopper ones when I was a kid.
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My bad hearing + excessively drunk + girl with British accent = no fucking clue what she's saying.
And I still got the girl too. Of course there's really no way of knowing what I agreed to because I was pretty much just smiling and nodding for most of the night. Good times!
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I think I'm going to try and develop this piece into a full length novel. I doubt I'd be able to get it published, but it'd be cool to give it a try and see what happens.
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