Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Sep 10, 2007 6:00pm PDTYes yes.. I've missed you guys too. I'm looking forward to giving Quake Wars another shot when I get back home in a few days. Of course I've still got to play through BioShock and finish Prime 3... hmmm. Things could be worse!
- The latest battery nonsense for cars
- Got gamer regret?
- Viking queen
- Rocketplane issues :(
- Mobile phones are 20
Civilization 5: Brave New World trailer delves into new ideologies
What the community thinks of Xbox One
Rumor: Microsoft's NFL deal cost $400 million over 5 years
SimCity 4.0 update offers 'launch park,' new region
Need for Speed Rivals announced, coming November 19



Is it any better than the beta?
I played the beta for a little while, and despite trying to like it, I just could not get into it.
I think the weapons just didn't feel right or something.
Also it ran like chunky shit at higher resolutions.
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http://kotaku.com/gaming/downloadable-content/guitar-hero-ii-dlc-goes-multi+platinum-298583.php
I have a bad feeling that this is the nail in the coffin and that microtransactions are going to be the wave of the future.
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Any suggestions?
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http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/09/10/ed-rosenthal-marijuana-martyr/
P.S. I could have sworn that there was a shacker that worked for Ed. Out yourself!
I don't mind admitting that I'm cheating my ass off. I suck at survival horror games and this one's no exception.
Strikes me a bit like a watered-down Silent Hill.
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The way they did it is pretty fucking awesome. i knew alot of stuff was CG and composition techniques (the dirt bike for example) but i never knew the seamless takes were so heavily edited.
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There seems to be a new MSN Messenger worm that just surfaced today, 9/11/2007.
It spreads itself through Messenger with some line about "Look at my photos" and is IMG-0012.zip
It appears to hook into lsass.exe and install a backdoor trojan.
More details here:
http://forum.spywareterminator.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=3055
http://mixelandia.com/2007/09/gusano-en-el-messenger-una-nue.php
http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/893198/Virus-por-MSN-IMG-0012_zip-y-otros-%5BComo-repararlos%5D.html
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Fucking subscription based hacks for games like BF2/2142/CSS and when I asked him if they worked on punkbuster server he just laughed.
Fucking christ, whats the point of even making an anticheat service when stuff like this exists? Just watching videos of shit he's pulling in games is incredible, just decimating entire teams like nothing. 10-15 to 1 kill ratios.
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a friend of mine is working for a startup and they're looking for a 'senior web developer.' if you are looking for work in this area, SM me and i will send you the job description.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0X40l_VsVM&mode=related&search=
Swords fucking cut people open ya know!
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Specifically:
Addon.B
MSNPoopy.A
MSNHorn.A
Nugache.M
As referenced at
http://home.nestor.minsk.by/networks/news/2007/08/1501.html
http://www.net-security.org/virus_news.php?id=856
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I like those movies a lot, hope they get all of them out before too long.
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Maybe I am just blind but where is it in the Marketplace? I can't find it anywhere
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwgvfp3jlvc
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Yes, stupid, they are secretly marketing to infants. What the fuck, Allison Linn.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20608492/
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I just have one quick question, does anyone know if this video card ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814133193 ) will fit into this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128059 ) ?
I only ask because the ram slots look pretty close to the pci port there and have no real way of knowing until I have the things in my hands.
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Case in point: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=48884
But there is a splitter in place with it only go upstairs to her place and we haven't been using it (yet) for free cable TV. Can a cheap splitter reduce the strength of the signal and cause issues with VoIP? Even when there's only one connection to the splitter?
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I'm applying for a job. The add for the opening says they accept applications via email, so that's how I'm gonna send it.
But in what format do I send it? Attached as a word doc? As inline plaintext? RTF? They don't specify it anywhere.
Thanks!
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I've never had any problems with nvidia cards. This is the last ati product i buy.
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As i am driving to school this morning around 7:30 ish probably earlier the zone that i was driving in was 40 MPH, but its weird this time. As i look up i see a cop parked staring at me, so........i stare right back, i start driving from a stoplight and i see him get out of park and get behind me. It was at that second when i knew for a fact that i did something wrong. He then flashed on his lights. I pull over he come up and shows me how fast i was going......37MPH. and he says "Man do you have bad luck" i couldn't understand what he ment by that. So i say "why is that officer?" He then tells me that when i was driving through a intersection the school lights came on so it became a 20 MPH zone. so i went from going under to going 17 over. WTF i know. me and the cop start talking blah blah blah he says cause he is a "Nice Guy" he is only gonna charge me for 5 over. which i was very fucking thank full for. but yea what a great way to start out the morning
-TLDR was going under the speed limit and then was suddenly going 17 over the speed limit and i got owned
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my gf just got me a DiNovo Edge keyboard for my birthday. i mentioned it in passing a while ago and she thought i really wanted it. now i feel bad because she paid 300 bones for something i didn't really want. i just thought it looked cool.
it's lacking a number pad and i have to charge it sitting up...who the fuck charges a wireless keyboard? i've been using my mx duo for over a year without replacing the batteries. i really don't have the heart to tell her i think it's kind of stupid and i have a perfectly good and better mx duo keyboard i'm using right now.
WTF should i do?
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I just tried e-mailing the fleet manager, and it seems like it was passed on to a regular salesman. :(
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I'm in my lab right now and can connect to a number of wireless networks. Most are university run but one is not even associated with the university, but they all seem to have the same problem. The problem is that after about 1 minute of being connected, the connection stops working. The signal strength according to windows is still "Very Good" and everything seems to be alright, but it just won't connect to servers or MSN or anything. If i disconnect or turn off and then on my network card, and then reconnect, it's working again, but after another minute it stops working. WTF?
The strange thing is that it only seems to happen in this part of the building. Any ideas?
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Well check this shit: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=plush+headcrab&category0=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFSyBBglmpI
some day i will perfect this dance. i will do it, this i swear.
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I'm in my lab right now and can connect to a number of wireless networks. Most are university run but one is not even associated with the university, but they all seem to have the same problem. The problem is that after about 1 minute of being connected, the connection stops working. The signal strength according to windows is still "Very Good" and everything seems to be alright, but it just won't connect to servers or MSN or anything. If i disconnect or turn off and then on my network card, and then reconnect, it's working again, but after another minute it stops working. WTF?
The strange thing is that it only seems to happen in this part of the building. Any ideas?
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=50%C2%B000%E2%80%B238.20%E2%80%B3N,+110%C2%B006%E2%80%B248.32%E2%80%B3W+&ie=UTF8&ll=50.010621,-110.110946&spn=0.007074,0.017209&t=k&z=16&om=1
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Ut2007 Soundtrack for free:
http://download.beyondunreal.com/fileworks.php/official/ut3/ut3_soundtrack_pre.zip
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