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Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Sep 24, 2007 7:45am PDTHow is your week looking Shacknews? Fat and sassy? Excellent. Managed to stay up a bit too late with the 360 and Bioshock, just enjoying everything so much that really nothing feels spoiled for me. Good times. So what's the deal with co-op and 2 player local games on this thing anyhow? Where are my Ikari Warriors? Where's my 8 Eyes? I've got Aegis Squadron and that's cute, but I want more. Inform me, Shacknews. Also, I'm going to try and spice up the postscript area below. I'll keep trying different things until I know Abrasion dislikes them all. Random Shackthread of the day: Crazy Multiplayer Experiences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY
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I have some broccoli and carrots steaming, and chicken that im going to dice and pan-fry. I was gonna throw some cheddar on this, but figure something saucy would be better.
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Where: My house. My address is in my profile. I live in the southwest portion of the city, about 8 miles from downtown/5th/6th Streets, so it's not a terrible jaunt.
What: What else? Video games, shit talking, real-life latestchatty.x, drinking, meat, and sausage.
When: This Saturday, September 29, 4:00PM. Feel free to show up a little early if you wish, but I'll be cleaning up the place prior.
What To Bring: Whatever you want. If you want something specific for dinner, bring it and I'll throw it on the grill, wtf242-style, except I don't add cum to my recipes. If you want a specific beer, bring it. I have plenty of fridge space. I will have a few six packs of beer and enough basic burgers and veggies for folks who want to eat. But if you have a steak you want cooked or something, toss it on. Basically just bring plenty of moonshine and red meats. If you have any games or consoles you're into, bring those, I promise they won't be relegated to a dark corner while everyone plays Bomberman. I have an Xbox 360 and two controllers, so if you want more bring 'em. I'm trying to hook up my cheap shitty TV in either the dining room or breakfast area so we can have oldschool games going on without having to isolate one group upstairs (where my lonely PC will just be asking for an ILTC post).
That's about it. Should be fun and I'm looking forward to meeting some of you guys who haven't attended our house parties in the past. Noise shouldn't be an issue since I only have one direct neighbor, and she's fat. This is what my house looks like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8208178@N03/811419884/ There is plenty of parking on both streets - it's all residential and the streets are nice and wide (insert joke here).
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My aunt's 57th birthday is tomorrow and I'd like to get her & her husband a gift certificate to a great restaurant within 40 minutes of Cambridge, MA (02140). Suggestions?
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Apparently the news is coming out (maybe just a rumour at this point but worth noting) that they are all scratched to piss.
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25935990&union_id=274
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I am fucking hyped. I managed to swing a vacation day for tomorrow too, and i have beers in the fridge. I am so fucking set.
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is there anything bigger than The Executor ?
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...except that Word doesn't have Helvetica as an option, Photoshop doesn't either, and it isn't in my windows\fonts folder either.
Am I missing something? I thought this came standard with every OS known to man?
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So after playing the beta for about a week, overall the game is solid and very fun. There are a few things that I think could make it better.
1) The Pyro should be able to detonate the Demoman's sticky bombs. There should be a good counter action for every action in the game, and right now there isn't much of a counter to stick bombs aside from killing the Demoman.
2) There has been a lot of hate for Sudden Death. I don't think it should be scrapped altogether, but I think it should be modified as follows: If a teammate is killed, he will respawn when a member of the opposing team is killed (in the order that teammates are killed). This way players are more interested in what's going on because they have a chance to get back into the action. This could feasibly cause Sudden Death to take longer, but it should also allow the stronger team to quickly overpower the weaker team, which should be the intended result.
3) The time to capture the points that each team holds by default in Granary and Well needs to be increased a bit. A single scout can capture the opposing teams final point in 5 seconds. Part of the problem is that both teams put all of their effort into taking the center CP and leaving the others undefended. I think people are getting smarter and at least putting up a turret at their 2nd CP but in most cases teams do not have time to fall back and defend their final CP.
4) The Soldier should be able to rocket jump a bit higher, at least as high as the Demoman's sticky bomb jump.
5) Crouch-jumping is stupid, I wish they'd get rid of but it's still necessary for the Scout to crouch-jump to reach some places. A lot of people don't know this.
6) I'd like to see the range of the Pyro's flamethrower extended a little bit.
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Oh, man, there's a new HEROS.
There one last week, right?
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There Are:
0 days until the PS3 release of Skate - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate. - h00rj!!!
0 days until the PC release of Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_Heroes:_Opposing_Fronts - h00rj!!!
1 day until the PC release of Settlers VI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Settlers_VI - Sept 25
1 day until Halo 3 - http://www.halo3.com/ - Sept 25
1 day until the release of the DethAlbum from Dethklok - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DethAlbum - Sept 25
4 days until the iPod Touch ships in the USA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipod_touch - Sept 28
4 days until the 360 and PS3 release of Conan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_%28video_game%29 - Sept 28
7 days until The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Phantom_Hourglass - Oct 1
8 days until Jericho Season 1 on DVD - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho_%28TV_series%29 - Oct 2
8 days until Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - http://www.enemyterritory.com/ - Oct 2
10 days until the 360 release of PGR4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gotham_Racing_4 - Oct 4
16 days until TF2, Episode 2, and pOrtal - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Software - Oct 10
22 days until the DVD release of Planet Terror - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Terror#Planet_Terror - Oct 16
24 days until E for All - http://www.eforallexpo.com - Oct 18
25 days until Tabula Rasa Online - http://www.playtr.com/index.htm - Oct 19
29 days until Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_&_Clank_Future:_Tools_of_Destruction - Oct 23
29 days until the 360 release of Ace Combat 6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Combat_6 - Oct 23
32 days until Saw IV - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_4 - Oct 26
32 days until the PC release of The Witcher - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_%28computer_game%29 - Oct 26
34 days until Guitar Hero III - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_III:_Legends_of_Rock - Oct 28
35 days until Folklore for PS3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore_%28video_game%29 - Oct 29
36 days until Gods & Heroes Rome Rising - http://www.godsandheroes.com/ - Oct 30
37 days until Hellgate: London - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellgate:_London - Oct 31
37 days until the Wii and PS2 release of Manhunt 2 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_2 - Oct 31
42 days until Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4 - Nov 5
49 days until the Wii release of Super Mario Galaxy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Galaxy - Nov 12
50 days until the Wii Release of Brothers in Arms: Double Time - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms:_Double_Time - Nov 13
53 days until Crysis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis - Nov 16
53 days until the Wii and DS release of Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 - http://raymanzone.uk.ubi.com/ - Nov 16
56 days until the PS3 release of Haze - http://hazegame.uk.ubi.com/ - Nov 19
57 days until the PS3 release of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted:_Drake%27s_Fortune - Nov 20
57 days until the 360 release of Mass Effect - http://masseffect.bioware.com/ - Nov 20
57 days until Rock Band - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Band_(video_game) - Nov 20
64 days until Futurama: Bender's Big Score - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama:_Bender's_Big_Score - Nov 27
70 days until the Wii release of Super Smash Brothers Brawl - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Brawl - Dec 3
71 days until the DVD release of The Wire - Season 4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_%28TV_series%29 - Dec 4
85 days until the HD-DVD/Blueray/DVD release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner - Dec 18
161 days until SPORE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_%28video_game%29 - Mar 3 08 says boring gegtik
221 days until Iron Man - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man#Film - May 2 08
241 days until Indiana Jones 4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_4 - May 22 08
298 days until The Dark Knight - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_%28film%29 - July 18 08
311 days until QuakeCon 2008 - http://www.quakecon.org/ - July 31 08
319 days until the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China - http://en.beijing2008.cn/ - Aug 8 08
410 days until Bond 22 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_22 - Nov 7 08
734 days until Conan O'Brien takes over the Tonight Show - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien - sept 27 09
these either have conflicting dates - general 'month' release - or no date can be found. let me know if you know anything on these
?? days until the 360 release of Dark Messiah: Elements - http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/10704/Dark+Messiah+of+Might+and+Magic:+Elements+Trailer
?? days until Unreal Tournament 3 - http://www.unrealtournament3.com/
?? days until Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - http://www.kaneandlynch.com/
?? days until Time Crisis 4 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Crisis_4
?? days until Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Commander:_Forged_Alliance
?? days until Gears of War for the PC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gears_of_war_pc#PC_and_Mac_versions
?? days until NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_the_betrayer
?? days until Duke Nukem Forever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_nukem_forever
?? days unitl Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway - http://www.brothersinarmsgame.com/
?? days until Assassin's Creed - http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/index.php
?? days until Alan Wake - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Wake
*all release dates are subject to change without notice. void where prohibited. all rights reserved. Enjoy the Ride.
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http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Universal_Wireless_Repeater
I made a post the other day about making a trip to Seattle to pickup and iphone for use here in Canada.
After a bit of border trouble and some fancy talking to a AT&T CSR I safely arrived back home with an iphone in hand.
Took about an hour to update, unlock, and app it up.
So far I'm falling in love with it...even without visual voice mail or edge service.... I have edge disabled as rogers rapes Canadians on wireless data fees.
Pics less divx
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I'm not to worried about apple locking it down as all I have to do is not install any updates right away.
Finally one quick question for other iphone users.
How can I post on the shack?? I can view everything but the postbox won't come up when I try to make a comment.
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Here's my build, tell me if I fucked anything up:
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=4111469&WishListTitle=UpgradeQuad
As for video, I'm going to throw a 7900 in there until the next series of DX10 cards come out.
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its a dual socketf with 32gigs of ram and 8 750gig SATA drives.
the amount of data we expect to mirror in dfw is 1TB and max out at around 1.4TB.
so.. there are some options here. suggestions on best way to handle inbound file requests? a raid5 seems simple enough but i'm wondering about doing this: 3 separate raid0's of 1.5TB of the same data. we split up the inbound requests based on file id so that people all requesting the same file get sent to the same raid0. pretty sure there could be some nice benefit here. maybe?
anyone ever done something like this? the ram cache being dupes of the same file shouldnt be a problem since we wont be duping any file requests across different raids.
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I mean, blocking the website on your router or firewall, on purpose ?
For the past 3 or 4 months i've been thinking about doing this both at work and at home.
At work, during the day and at home, during the night.
Shacking takes way too much time and i feel i could be doing other more worthy tasks, like studying for my Cisco certification or actually working on some web projects for clients.
i r loser :(
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How many youtube videos are actually worth sitting through ads for?
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/google/youtube-to-kill-itself-by-adding-30+second-bumper-ads-next-year-303081.php
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for university I did a cut-out animation together with a friend where the paintings of hieronymus bosch and pieter brueghel come to life and party together.
and because of the awesomeness that is web 2.0 I've uploaded it to youtube for the whole shack world to enjoy! yay!
so, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WQ8_H2HTw
it was our first major project with after effects and a huge amount of work. so please, tell me what you think!
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If the graphics and gameplay have come this far, then I honestly would prefer spending 400-700 bucks every 5 years to play EVERY game that comes out, vs 500-700 bucks every 6 months to keep the gaming rig capable of pushing out 3000x2000 28 inch widescreen AA/AF/ATHIS/ATHAT a max.
What I don't get is the lack of keyboard and mouse, if they'd just add that, or a comparable control scheme, id have no problem playing things like bioshock on a console. At this point i'd be totally happy with a true PC replacement for gaming, while keeping a PC for general tinkering/applications/facebook yadda yadda.
We're so close....
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- I had a few requests to turn FF on.
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Ok, so whats the cheapest way to go for monthly payments? I dont need very many minutes, the homebrew stuff would be nice, so is T-mobile something the way to go or is the prepaid ATT plan decent? I keep hearing so many different things I cant decide.
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I have good credit, but keep receiving these new card offers. They all have an APR of like %7 or so.
But the default rate, if I were to miss a single payment, is %32.
I always get these offers, and they all have the same sky high default rate.
Is there a way to get a card with a lower default rate? I have good credit, and can pay my bills, but once in awhile I fuck up and miss a payment.
Over the past five years I've probably missed payment like three times, simply because I forgot about it.
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i'm really not liking skate now. boring. i should have saved the $60 and just played the demo, because that is the best part of the game. the full version just adds annoying AI and lame places to skate (for the most part)
bleh, hopefully halo3 will be fun!
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All these online sites that require membership/CC #'s are bullshit.
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I have to do a group project about an organization. It can be fictional or real, but my group has decided to do fictional since watching a movie will be much easier than going out and doing interviews. Anyways, what are some good movies that have a lot to deal with a business or corporation and some sort of office-place dynamics?
A girl suggested "The Devil Wears Prada", I had the thought of both "Office Space" and "Wall Street". basically any movie where work seems to be the central focus of the movie. Any ideas?
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