Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Aug 08, 2007 7:11pm PDTSo there was originally a fair amount more to the latest ShackCast but um.. there were difficulties. I did enjoy doing it though so maybe if I'm lucky Remo will invite me back. :(
- Biodiesel bike
- Privacy winning in search wars
- Drunken astronauts
- Amazon doing wacky mp3 stuff
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
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reply with your favorite stupid shacknews slogans here and we'll throw a bunch of them in the rotation.
it will be up later this evening.
go!
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Intarweb alerted
Afty4, alnya, Ant321, BagelBoy. bcyde, beastrabban, Boarder2, bording, c0bra, celerity, CerealSam2, Connor, CoRDS, Crimsombeak, CrustaR, Crw22, Degenerate, delataur, Detached, Deveus1, Dionex, Djkenohki, DrZettl, edgewise, Fail_Safe, fatman, firehawk, Flying h4x0r, ,forgottenzero,FormerHPB, Galadriel07, gargy, Gonk, Hatelull, Hawke, hawkeye, helvetica, Hizzow, THollenshead, hostile, ieGod, jasonepowell, Jayx77, Kainen1, Kingfish, Laurgasms, Lionhart32935, loboVT, lodgikal, Logik?, lostgoat, madwacker, Malevolence, maulla, McCreadyPJ17, Mechanicalgrape, mindmann, MisterPhoton, mlevan, Mmmmmoo, Mojo the Helpr Monke, Moshman, naabster, Nihilist, Nodebug,
ohhjebus, Omning, paravis, Phearsome, proclone1, pukerat, punCHdoG, qu1nton, Quazar, Ratalon,
red2lucas, retardhumper, Romulan, shavenewok, shekkyboy, slickdoody, Smitty, Snif DeCrac, Snowwolf, Spaceninja, spazzium, Stickboy, SuperTech68, Synack, tfboc, thaperfectdrug, the_doctor, ThomW, timaste, timmie, Trepex, Trevis, tromblyj, Umbr, vital3d, Wadmassi, xoque, Yosemiteclimber,
ZeroSignal, Zohar79, zyklonbee.
I may not have transcribed your capitalization(s) correctly, but the above is pretty darn close. A few were mailed priority ... if the weight and rate were real close for the upgrade. Most were mailed first class - so should arrive within the continental US within 4-5 days. I did ask if I could insure the O-Conus packages and I was told that insurance wouldn't be available. Darn that! Please be watching for your shackshirt package though if your name is listed above.
The following shackers will enjoy Brand Spanking New Shacktees because ... we ran out of the sizes you requested. The tee-shirt company folks said they've ordered your tees and will print them likely by the middle of next week ... and I'll be able to mail them immediately after because I've got your mailing envelopes all pre-addressed accordingly. So sorry for the delay though.
Shackers in waiting include: Damodred, Simulacrum, Skizl, Huds0n, multisync, mtgDoofy, qu1nton, ieGod, CoRDS, Sikander, Vov1n, Sergeon, CrummNZ & Missylu,
You know ... y'all surprised me with how many ordered tees. I thought that maybe six shackers might bite but holy cow! We completely ran out of pink tees. Another very pleasant surprise is that so many shackers bought tees for their wives and girlfirends. More than half ordered at least two and sometimes three tees. One shacker ordered four! A darn good number bought with a size spread in mind ... such as a L and XL or a M and L.
We still have a bunch of Small, Medium, Large, XL, and XXL tees available. I can get other sizes but these are available immediately. They do not come in extra long though. White or pink tees are $16 for one, $6 each additional and $6 more for outside the US. Paypal to sHugamom@gmail.com
Please do let me know if I've inadvertantly left your name off the sent or waiting list ... assuming you paypal'd for a tee, that is. :) I triple checked the account listing but with so many payments being the same ... that's why I needed to triple check.
MUCHO GRACIAS to those kind shackers who "kicked in" some love-bucks for a next year quakecon Shack event. Thanks to their generosity ... I'm sure the party fund will still be hovering over a thousand after teeshirt mailing expenses. Oh yeah. This is definitely a good start!
xoxoxo
sHugamom
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You start the computer in safe mode and use the Administrator account. The safe mode text appears in the corners of the screen, but the screen is black. What do you do?
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How do you guys feel about that? Is Nintendo not giving Metroid Prime 3 the attention it deserves? I know we have a couple Retro Studio guys here, care to comment?
I've said it before and I'll say it again - I feel like this game will truly prove that PC-like FPS controls are possible using the wii remote. It is definitely an important title that could attract "hardcore" gamers to the Wii from other consoles. If this game fails to succeed, I anticipate that we will not see any good original FPS games on the Wii or very few. On the other hand, if it does well, it may peak interest in 3rd parties to invest some time to develop some cool stuff.
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http://consumerist.com/consumer/videos/please-dont-throw-drinks-at-your-local-drive+thru-attendants-287919.php
Rosewood?
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The drums of civ beckon ye! Let's do it again tonight, even though I actually missed last night. Sorry about that. The ~5/6 guys who played last night probably want to continue their game, so come one and come all!
We'll start at probably 8 pm, or whatever time you suggest in this this thread. Rawkon.
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Definitely not my kind of game but what a beautiful game, I'm glad I stuck through it till the end.
Now, I need to get shadow of colossus
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Wtf is up with sliding over surfaces with no initial momentum at all? And the combat is so sloppy and chaotic that it lacks any sense of style and grace that Max Payne had.
What a dissapointment.
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161833
Only 40% of PS3 owners were aware it has Blu-Ray
Only 30% of 360 owners were aware it can do HD graphics
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-Eric
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Was thinking it'd be cool to have a poker night one night if there were enough people interested. I would supply the shelter + food.
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i got an a/v receiver a couple of weeks ago + 5.1 surround sound
oh yes
the fact that Fox runs stadium sound through the surround sound channels makes football even better. i didn't know that was possible!
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I'm finding out that after finally making the switch to XP (shut up), my CPU just doesn't cut it anymore to play 1080p content. W.T.F. Mate. It was fine under 2k but I guess the additional OS overhead just kicks it to the curb. It's an Athlon 64 3000+, 939. I want to upgrade the CPU but really really don't want to have to swap out the motherboard. Is it realistic to find a speedy 939 (they seem extinct now, wtf) that will playback some smooth 1080p content? Let's say in a typical HDDVD encode or whatever the popular Apple encoding is these days (that they use in their movie trailers).
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I don't think I'm even allowed to say which game at this point, but those familiar with my favorite genres and anticipated games could put forth a good guess.
Yes, this post is merely to brag, and also I'm just damn excited. This is going to be glorious.
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Some guy on the SA forums collected all the good film explosions and made a series of them.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2579482
Best,
H.R. Puffinpot
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How would you go about grabbing an entire page of laryn.x-esque comments and replies with a single DB query?
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Anything interesting on any of guys? They basically copied and pasted my myspace profile.
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1. cnn is linking theonion now?
2. british airways lounge blocks access to theonion for "Humor;Profanity"?!
So its not just the profanity, but its block because of humour!
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Ideas?
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I literally, and I shit you not, I get a craving to play Quake 3 after sex. Specifically Q3DM17. Most people want a cigarette or a shot of liquor, and I will gladly take both of those things... while playing Quake 3. I've only been able to tactfully extricate myself from the situation and gone off to satisfy my urge a handful of times, but each time it has been glorious.
Is that really fucked up? Am I the only one?
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I call to preorder Bioshock CE becuase on the website you can't do store pickup preorder, instead only get it shipped, and you have to pay extra to overnight right?
Well the dude tells me I have to physically be in the store to do this. I mean, WTF, why? They already apparently cornered the Limited Edition market by paying off 2K it looks like....or at least sponsoring the edition, why cant they just take my CC num over the phone.
I hate them. I normally would just tell them to eat my balls but no where else can i get the CE edition. :(
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Uh oh.
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these girls are probably in high school. freshmen, give or take a year. it's funny because they're wearing these shirts now but you know what's gonna happen the first time they get drunk in college. bulldog+mayo, etc. not to say that all girls become sluts when they go to college - i'm just saying these two for sure.
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