Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Nov 27, 2007 6:00pm PSTSo hopefullly this week will be a good week! We think so!
- Verizon opening up
their network
- Virtual Antarctica
- Feds back off
href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/feds-withdraw-subpoena-seeking-amazon/story.aspx?guid=%7B2A20A758-F8EB-410C-8A8B-ACEB74F476B9%7D">Amazon
records
- Google going in to
href="http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9049220&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top">online
storage
- Return of
Futurama
Lastly, politics pooping
all over the $100 laptop
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
I just watched Sunday's Dexter.
HOLY SHIT HOLY FUCKING SHIT
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Any other pets that make great companions but are kinda out of the ordinary?
Pets I've owned:
Parakeet, cockatiel, ducks (basically awesome 2 legged puppies with webbed feet), chickens, mice, anoles, dogs, cat, fish (salt & fresh), hamsters, hermit crabs, snakes, frogs, newts, etc.
Of all the pets I've owned, I'd have to say the two ducks were my favorite. They always wanted to play, just like puppies. It was awesome. And they went from brown little ducklings to pure white as they get older. They were beautiful.
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Looking for the diesel jeans equivalent (quality wise) but for coords... I'm totally lost, and diesel has shit for coords.
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http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15653847#itemanchor_15655089
how's it hangin'?
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My lawyer is like a Johnny Cochran, except better. He even looks like him, too.
Short story : Me being an idiot on some country roads with my '03 GSX-R 600, apparently angered some farmer or farmers wife, who then proceeded to call the cops & get me arrested for wreckless.
And no, I'm not that asshole you see on public roads wearing a t-shirt, flip lops and shorts, weaving in & out of traffic . I ride in southern Illinois - lots of miles & miles of straight roads, some good twisties, and zero cops. Sucks to be me, but it could've been worse. If track days weren't so fscking expensive, I'd consider it.
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What do you guys do when the motivation to work is at all time low?
I have been a Web Developer contractor for something like 10+ years, basically as long as I can remember at this point and it’s really starting to take a toll. While I work as contractor and from time to time I do pick up other projects for the most part I work for one company that has employed me for 95% of that 10 year stretch. This week I basically told my boss (in all reality) to go fuck himself, which basically resulted in him offering to double my fee.
While that is no small number I assure you, my motivation to accept the offer is little to none. I am simply tired of doing the same thing over and over again. I feel like I am in a rut where I am not being challenged at all; and while I enjoy web development I have urge to just start over and move on to something else because I don’t see anything changing in the foreseeable future with the company I work with on a regular basis. (in fact I should have been working for the past two days but haven’t got the motivation to do so yet)
I could look for other web dev jobs but then I might be stuck in the same position and I am positive I am not ready to take a pay cut to do the same shit I am doing right now.
Anyways, anyone else been in a similar position?
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http://oatmela1.shackspace.com/362799317_86bcce7ac5_b.jpg
They just chill and roll around and shit. What more could you ask for in a pet?
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GO BUY IT!
Seriously, it has a full length episode of "Everyone loves hypnotoad!"
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20071126/tc_nf/56872
Of course I won't believe it until I see it, but this is just what Vista needs - XP to get some good press. lol
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On a more humorous/sad note, I was playing on some 24/7 2fort server for a couple hours and ended up with almost 200 points- which by my standards is crazy. Some other guy playing on the same server had 500+ points, dunno how long he was playing for though. That's insane. He was playing as an engineer almost the whole time.
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2007/11/27/yeates.ut.robo.soldier.ksl
we are one step closer to fucking battlemechs and shit
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http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=250
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http://www.japan-legend.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=654&mode=threaded
Let me go back to googling myself now.
At least Shack helps me remain as the number one result.
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/11/27/new-photos-indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/
I wonder if the theme of the movie is going to be "Where's my family?"
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-177729.html
i hope they kinda fired the person that caused nr3 :)
tl;dr stuffing a 64bit int in a 16bit space caused the european space agency to blow up a space shuttle and they lost billions :)
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Time to get a new case...
My current case is an Antec Sonata II...While I love the case, I don't think I am getting good enough ventilation due to the fact that the case is only capable of holding 1 fan.
So I am looking for something that is not too heavy, but has good ventilation.
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mike picked up our rock band guitar tonight after not having played for 2 days and the down strum was broken. i immediately started laughing while he yelled at me about how wrong i was about normal wear and tear and that the game shipped with a known problem.
our replacement is en route and we have GH2 guitars so all is not lost, but i just wanted you all to know that i'm sorry i'm an asshole.
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I decided to start unlocking songs in GH3 after hitting a brick wall on Hard in GH2. (Actually I loaded up GH3 the other day to check out what DLC was available and when I sat down I didn't feel like changing out disks). For whatever reason, every song I play on medium I get in that 200-300 streak range and I start to feel the pressure of getting 100%. Then I will double strum or forget what the yellow button is or some shit. I was making 1-2 mistakes on every song up until Miss Murder, a song I had never played before and had never heard until I got a perfect on it last night.
And since I have played some GH3 now I do want to say fuck those boss battles.
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we bought one last week for $3000 AUD (im aware of what they cost in the USA 500-600 for the 3000 series).
we were told it came with a 20 year warranty. and when i asked what that covered he said everything , he did not mention any conditions) now an average bed here costs between $750 and $1500 for a very good mattress that has a 10 year unconditional warranty .
now this is a new product here and as such they did not provide any warrany info on delivery (or on paper at POS ) as they say its still being printed.
so when we called them to ask about this they said no it only has a 2 year full warrany and is 12yrs pro rater where you pay a % of the cost price +4% per year.
WHAT THE FUCK.
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I tried logging in this morning and it asked for my password which is weird in itself since I've had it saved for like 2 years. I couldn't remember it, so I reset it (got the e-mail and everything). It successfully allowed me to change it through Steam, but when I try to connect it's telling me that there's network issues connecting to steam.
As you can see, there's nothing wrong with my connections. I haven't made any changes to my router, etc.
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after reading reviews i have no idea what to do for a video card for my upcomming new system. and advice for a sub-$200. i was thinking of an 8600 line, but apparently they suck.
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I have a shitty old twin mattress that I want to get rid of. I know that I want a full or queen, but beyond that I'm lost. Is a furniture store having a sale best? What about those memory foam mattresses - are they any good? Do you need a box-spring for all mattresses?
I don't really know where to start. I have a rough budget (no more than $500 - the cheaper the better obviously). Anyone have any motherfucking advice?
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