Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jan 24, 2008 6:00pm PSTAll these wacky TF2 changes sure sound interesting. I'm by far most interested in the
new VIP style gold rush thingie. Should be fun stuff.
- Dude, telepathy DNA
- Vista SP1 perhaps next
month
- OMG AIR FORCE
href="http://reporternews.com/news/2008/jan/23/air-force-says-f-16s-flew-on-night-of-ufo/">COVER
UP
- Gene map for synthetic life and
href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/synthetic_genome">more
- Apple
href="http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/multimedia/2008/01/gallery_apple_flops?slide=1&slideView=3">flops
- Yahoo! Music is coming
As for the the videogame news around these parts today:
- More TF2 Changes
- Unreal Engine License Owners GOT
SERVED
- Grand Theft Auto 4 Release Date
- Devil May Cry 4 Demo
- Nintendo Selling Stuff
- STALKER Prequel Info
Lastly, computers are now href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4183902&page=1">apparently 100% accurate
Girl Fight bringing fighting girls to XBLA and PSN
Skyrim Workshop touts 2M downloads, 2,500 mods
Xenonauts dev promises 'proper remake' of XCOM
Binary Domain demo available this week
Shack PSA: Angry Birds on Facebook today
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
Shack PSA: Mass Effect 3 demo out today
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
Cradle trailer shows off Ukranian indie adventure game
WoW Monopoly, StarCraft RISK announced at Toy Fair
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Are there any killer apps or games that I should get for this bad boy? Like, Civilization for windows mobile or something? hahaha
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http://i26.tinypic.com/28gtcwo.jpg
ahahahahahahaha
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Some nights I can't hit anybody, I'm constantly blowing myself up with my own grenades, I don't cap any points, I get killed by medics with needle guns - it's just awful.
But then there are those nights where you can almost do no wrong. Every nade destroys something, stickies are taking out 2 or 3 guys at once, your stickies always land right where the guy is about to be, and you're even capping points. It's amazing.
I just hope when the tourney starts that I have a night like the 2nd one and not the like the 1st one. Wish there was some way to control it. Anyone else this inconsistent like me?
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-APEVIA X-Dreamer II ATXB4KLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 420W Power Supply - Retail ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811144026 )
-GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128059 )
-Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Retail ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115037 )
-Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) - Retail ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820148069 )
-EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130319 )
- Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM ( http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136011 )
Should I push him to get a better PSU or is 420W enough to run a 8800GT? It'll only have one DVD drive. The CPU supposedly has the lowest power consumption available as well.
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http://www.omnova.net/files/images/wtfinvites.png
Also, this:
http://www.omnova.net/files/images/wtflaurgasms.png
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So I have been running a mirror raid setup for the last month. I have two 500gb drives on nvraid and the system is crap really. I can move files around and save them too the raid section but I keep getting a error at the bootup screen after it leaves the bios. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 160gb of files on the drive and I am about ready to say screw it and go back to a single drive. I am unable to rebuild it and not certain what to do. I am presented with clearing the drives or deleting them.
Isn't it the same? Since it's mirror'd across both can I just clear one drive and rebuild the array?
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DC area Shackers: Who's planning on doing this RAMBO thing and who's out? From the other threads it looks like a small group but you never can tell with this wacky bunch.
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http://www.stage6.com/Speed-Demos-Archive/video/2103665/Duke-Done-Quicker
Memories.....
In other news its raining a lot in Hollywood right now =(
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WTF VALVE U FAG? :(
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/25/gamers-killing-pop-shrink
Cooper Lawrence's books getting trashed on amazon etc
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/25/chips-cooled-noise
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http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=N4OPr_QxoFg
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Next stop, entertainment!
No seriously - I've run out of new releases to hire. Someone please suggest some older "omg awesome" films. I will watch pretty much anything, as witnessed by the movie I confessed to watching right now. But I like clever, and well shot, with good dialogue.
Help me shack - suggest some obscure awesome non-new release films that I might not have seen for to be of hiring the next time I am of within the range to be havening a video store being to of.
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If you know of a recent college graduate who is willing to move Norman, Oklahoma, or someone with a few programming classes, or even someone with an interest in programming, then please have them contact me about this opportunity.
This client is based in Norman, so recent OU grads are desirable; in fact any college graduate still seeking a fulltime job as a programmer/analyst is asked to apply to this position.
Salary is fixed at $40,000, no ifs, ands, or buts.
Please contact me if you know someone that would be qualified and interested in applying for this position.
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Also, thanks to DGNR8 for the heads up on The Thing, I totally forgot it was in HD. Also, $14 on eBay ftw.
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lol @ false hope given by the outdated bios on the mainboard am i rite????
http://chryx.shacknet.nu/biosbug.jpg
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Old and busted:
Athlon XP 2500+
1.25 GB DDR 333
Radeon 9800 Pro
Two smaller hard drives
Cheap noisy fans
Generic case
Windows XP Professional 32-bit
New hotness:
Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0 GHz 6 MB L2 Cache
4 GB DDR2 667
512MB 8800GT
One big hard drive
Crazy expensive heatsinks and fans for quiet operation
Antec SOLO
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
I am hoping that soon I will get better TF2 framerates than the 10 or so I was getting last night (on 800x600 minimum detail).
Off to try to hook it up and start installing Vista.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GIJoeMBhands.jpg
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lets be honest, do you want to rule the world? i do. tho, knowing myself i'd be a cruel dictator. (BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! dark side points +50)
one of the rules id enact. i wish it was a real law. fuck you molesters, no pity. enjoy being someones bitch
mandatory life sentence for molesting/having sex with a girl/boy 13 and under for people 18+
no penalty for any prisoner raping a child molester.
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From utterly meaningless celebrity-obsessed pop-culture references to just plain unfuckingfunny shit, what the fuck are these idiots doing? Do they even know the meaning of the word parody? Do they know what creatively bankrupt means?
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhzCS4AD8Y
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZEiHVWYrgA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJhPMIVgF6c
One of the instructors snatched the gunman’s pistol and killed him in a struggle. Another instructor shot the second gunman dead.
0___0
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=4969
Please?
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Why?
Because... i'm ronery. So ronery. So ronery and sadry arone.
There's noone, but me onry...
O wait, that's not true. There's plenty of Shackers on EVEcrack!
P.S. Want to be in the EVE Shacknews corp? PM me.
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I'm thinking tomorrow night. I have a 24 man COD4 and 24 man TF2 server running concurrently and I'd like to see if we run out of bandwidth, as well as how the server itself handles it.
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updated after my game play this evening.
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