Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Dec 19, 2007 6:00pm PSTWell, that was certainly a server crunch like we've never seen before. Literally
stadiums full of people showing up in a matter of minutes kinda wacks things out. Did
actually learn a few things though which is nice. We have a pretty beefy cluster of
servers running things around here but we would have probably needed around 30 servers to
handle that load during the first hour. It was just silly times and proof beyond any doubt
that the interest in Duke is still impressive no matter href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=720">how long we have been waiting
Stay tuned for more stuff!
- Why Maarten yells when playing 'will
it fit?'
- Land whales!
- IE8 is
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140684-c,internetexplorer/article.html">coming
, - Feds take another feeble swipe
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/FedCrimes/story?id=4029545&page=1">at online
gambling
- Throw Jamie Lynn
href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/19/spears.statutory.rape/">in jail
withher pedo boyfriend!
- We are
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=4028382&page=1">saving
the planet
with the black header here - We are way more effective
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/19/tech/main3633801.shtml">than the EPA
Lastly, it probably got lost in the shuffle today but the href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=719">PS3 games of 2008
today to join PC games of 2008
Have a look!
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
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=651086
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So, long day...still processing. Any quick questions (no release dates or media requests please).
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I'm dancin' like a monkey!
Today I received a box from some crazy lady named "Mrs. Johnson." I was hoping it was Amy Jo Johnson, but it was only Ratalon. Who knew Ratalon was a woman?
The Box! http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/01-webox.jpg
And the note inside! http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/02-wewtf.jpg
The note reads: "Rat Bastard: Gave you two horrible games plus a system to play on (mind the batter acid in the GBA). Squirrel not for rectal use. Suckers are not either. The Blue frog can be,
- Ratalon. PS: We both have been @ The Shack too long."
Opening the box reveals a heap-o-nerdy goodness: http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/03-weinside.jpg
Evidently this is some kind of pocket sex doll. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/04-wenerd.jpg
John Conner got a good hit on this bad boy before it killed the rest of his squad, And it still works! http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/05-hunterkiller.jpg
I bought this game when it first came out. Played the hell out of it. They really should remake it. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/06-fight.jpg
I thought it said "Read Or Die" for a second. :( http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/07-rideme.jpg
I have no idea what this game is about, but I'll give it a shot. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/08-guiltyguiltyguilty.jpg
Uh, yeah. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/09-cheeseburger.jpg
He just didn't look right without huge balls. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/10-farked.jpg
Evidently Ratalon is friends with Mike Tyson. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/11-starystarynight.jpg
Mrs. RatBastard gives the rectal frog a workout. (And that's all you little bastards are ever going to see of her!) http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/12-rectalfrog.jpg
And the whole pile-o-stuff: http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/13-loot.jpg
That love doll? Yeah, turns out she has a twin sister. http://www.trilobite.org/WE2007/14-virgin.jpg
Thanks, Ratalon! Thanks for the fun stuff, and thanks for not sending me bottles of Liquid Ass like someone else did one year.
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http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors
So many to choose from. :(
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This was my favorite show in a long while. Up there with season 2 of 24, Firefly, Jericho, The Shield.....Damn. Seriously Damn. I am upset that I won't get to see anymore but I'm actually depressed that something like this fails as well. I don't need the general public to enjoy what I enjoy to be happy but its just upsetting to know that for whatever the reason it can't even exist.
The show was shot incredibly fucking well, it was extremely intelligent, and best of all over the fucking top consistent. Consistent in quality but more importantly storyline! Its very frustrating to have to suffer through 24, Lost, and BSG to find out that whatever I had absorbed didn't really happen or I should just forget about because they changed directions or don't feel like writing about that anymore. In Journeyman nothing went unquestioned or ignored. If there was a problem created they addressed it. There was no stupid Kim Bauer cougar side stories or Doctor Baltor just doing what ever the fuck he wants with no effect on the next episode or season. This show was really good and I believe its failure will have a negative effect on shows being created in the future that aim at a slightly more demanding audience. An audience that doesn't want high school drama in their superhero stories. An audience that remembers when a character has been killed at least twice whilst attempting yet another failed attempt at breaking out of prison. An audience that wants to be treated with respect. Instead dramas continue to be served up that make me feel like elderly person put in a home whose grandkids are talking right in front of him like he isn't going to register or remember what was just said 10 seconds ago. I don't have drool coming out of my mouth. I can even use the restroom without aide. I would really like a show created for me to watch that remembers that. I guess I am the minority in this.
/end rant. Off to bed
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I was talking to a mate who works as a blogger at MS over Steam - asking if he had any contacts who had legitimate RIA/Interactive work going. We got into a conversation about the field - and he asked if he could make the conversation the basis for his new posting on his MSDN blog. So I gave him some hasty quotes to help fill out his article.
This is what he wrote http://blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog/archive/2007/12/20/you-re-a-ria-architect-i-want-to-hear-you-say-it.aspx
and he cross posted it on http://visitmix.com/
He then mentioned in passing that visit mix was an MS conference happening in vegas in March, and the site gets a million hits.
Holy crap what an awesome way for him to thank me for just providing a starting point for his most recent writing obligation? Instead of a potential referal to someone looking for a person of my skillset, he sells me to some ridiculously larger than I've experienced international audience of peers. I feel all warm and fuzzy - it made my day :)
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http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/consumerwhore3.jpg
New hotness:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/consumerwhore4.jpg
My Triforce is now complete. :[
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Besides the usual anti-spyware stuff is anyone familiar with this practice? Is there a registry key especially for these HP machines? I can't believe Yahoo can get away with this on commercial PCs. Apparently they signed some deal and it's all legal.
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I just clicked the X (close) on the little ad window that appeared as the video started and it opened the ad full-size instead (I must have just missed the tiny button), so I closed that, but the music kept playing over the top of the Zero Punctionation I was fucking trying to watch, so I had to reload the page and start again.
Even when the ads have been for things I like, like The Mighty Boosh, the fact that they appear there OVER THE TOP OF THE FUCKING THING I JUST CLICKED ON TO WATCH, is so fucking annoying that it makes me HATE whatever is being advertising. Advertisers note: THIS IS FUCKING RETARDED and has the complete opposite effect. The only way this makes sense is if you pay for ads for *competing* products to make people hate them. You dumb fucks.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/ap_on_re_us/mortal_kombat_death
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http://boxingday.redflagdeals.com/
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With the next season due to start in a few months, I'm trying to get some people to start watching this show. I really would like to dig up that video because I know it hooked me and many others.
Please help, this is key to my plan.
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http://syfyportal.com/news424560.html
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Do you think there will be a book along the lines of HL2 Raising the Bar?
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/20/vizios-vo47l-and-vw46l-leaks-ick-into-our-consciousness/
EO3
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2738-Zero-Punctuation-Mass-Effect
I searched, by the way, and the old post was /LOLNUKED/ for some reason. SO I'M POASTAN NOW.
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Does it hurt the CD/DVD optical drive in your computer to keep a CD/DVD in it the entire time?
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Please don't build sentries right next to one another. As a demoman on offense I can't think of anything I like to see more than this but when I'm on defense not so much. It's just too easy for a few stickies to take out both in one big bang. Build them far apart.
I know most of you know this but I've seen quite a few who don't.
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GG's on the dallas server. Grannary sucks - but those rounds of well and dustbowl were a buncha cruncha fun. :D
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What an amazing episode to cap off what we did get tho!
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http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=4399
Attention New England shackers
The illustrious pancake humper is in town for Christmas Holiday and he wants to hang out! It's going to be a good time. I realize that some of you can't make it because of the holidays, and that sucks, but you should have known that anything Shack related holds priority over anything else. Duh.
SO with that said, here are the details:
When? Sunday, December 23 (yes, that is four days from now)
Where?]b F1 Boston @ Braintree http://www.f1boston.com
What time? 12:00pm!
Is it gonna 0wn? http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50464
If you need my cell phone #, SM me!
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