Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 07, 2007 6:00pm PSTWell my new DirecTV mpeg4 dvr box showed up today and they forgot to package in the adapters that actually decode the mpeg4 stuff. Excellent start. I want my TiVo :(
- Bush personally reads your email
- Corn ethanol hot?
- Google at the pump
- Google not gonna dominate cells
- At least Americans know we are morons
Dear Esther Mac port confirmed
Killing Floor hits a million sales, discounted on Steam
Jam Live Music Arcade announced for PS3, Xbox 360
Metal Gear Online to quietly die this summer
Mad Riders: Techland's ATV racer coming to PC, PSN, XBLA
I want to WIRELESSLY send video+sound on my computer to my TV input. Like, from another room.
HOW?
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i know at least one or two of you exist out there!
i need some new reading material. i'm thinking something non fiction or science fiction. the last few books/series i've read are:
the dark tower series (enjoyed it... king kind of got gay there at the end but i enjoyed it)
david brin's uplift series (loved it! i wish it was more than a trilogy)
marine sniper: 93 confirmed kills (goddamn sergeant hathcock is a badass, i wish i was him)
the cryptonomicon (awesome book, READ IT!)
so, sirs, can you recommend some awesome sci-fi or non fiction novels?
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http://blueapplecomics.blogspot.com/2007/10/transformers-2-leaked-movie-script.html
Transformers 2 script that's apparently leaked. I read the summary on imdb and apparently there's going to be Hotrod, Soundwave, and Unicron.
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OUT OF STOCK.
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http://tastywheat.shackspace.com/ubercharge.wmv
I have heaps of footage from the past few games I've played in. Some of the footage is just insane - bullets and rockets flying everywhere, Heavies exploding, Shackers whooping, hollering and screaming.... it's pure awesome.
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About 5,000 records in general information.
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5417/lolqueryzh8.jpg
I am losing faith that it will actually finish, but I might let it run while I go on lunch.
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i'm in the second act and i'm still constantly in awe of how fucking badass this game is. it has EVERYTHING.
also, has any game ever done lighting and shadows this well? it does it almost casually but it's the best i've ever seen. the sound is also unfuckingbelievable. i had to shut my door because i've got the surround sound system up so loud it's bothering wendy but i really can't help it. it's one of those rare gaming experiences where you just don't give a shit because it's so good.
game of the fucking year fellas.
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*No, I was not rooting for the Nuggets.
Observation: The Celtics are fucking incredible. Talk about steamrolling an opponent.
Best homeless person sign seen outside the stadium: "Homeless. It's my birthday. Help me get drunk."
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tl; dr - 24 will not air at all this season...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071108/tv_nm/fox_dc;_ylt=Am8ZKv0RRn9HuIOH8FSwAAlxFb8C
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http://ati.amd.com/products/streamprocessor/specs.html
320 Stream Processors with
2 Gigs of ram on board!! crazy!
I have antibiotics, ibuprofen and a fleet of various lozenges, but the ibuprofen only slightly dulls the pain, and the lozenges increase it by making me swallow more often. :(
Send help.
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Cool kid
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ANYWAY, my question is, does anyone know if you can migrate to FULL servers? No answer on the Blizzard site. There's a goon PvP server raiding guild I might ask to join .
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My work blocked Gmail recently.. completely retarded if you ask me.
I got IMAP all up and running though in Outlook and reading my mail just fine now. haha
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Lol, the cake is a lie
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Anyway, this is good news. It means that at least it's practically possible to get competitive performance out of the machine, despite it's complexities and weaknesses. However, I'm curious how much time was spent by the PS3 dev team at Infinity ward to get the engine running to this level of performance. If it took twice as much manpower or time, than I can still see future PS3 ports being subpar simply due to the allocated development time. If it's not worth trying to get it to run well, then devs won't do it.
Maybe eventually there will be a set of known best practices, tips, and more developed SDK tools/profilers/compilers that allow any game dev to get great performance in a reasonable amount of time. I hope so, but we shall see.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xUKYYKSXqGg
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I played as Spy last night and finally got the hang of playing him. I disguised and got right round the back of the other team and backstabbed and killed about 6 people in a row, then cloaked, disguised and did it again to the respawns! I've never laughed/cackled so hard at a game, it was pretty much one of the best moments ever :D
I love this game, I've enjoyed every single class so much, it doesnt really get much better for online gaming.
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Still I'm excited! It's working, pretty much!
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