Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Apr 02, 2008 5:17am PDTSo I guess sometimes we're too awesome? Check out the Fallen Empire contest, we've extended this, clarified that and expanded the winners category in a neat way. It should be lots of good fun. And in the aftermath of April Fool's Day, we see offerings from Blizzard, href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52008">Microsoft href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52018">3DRealms href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52019">Guild Wars href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52011">Konami/UbiSoft
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hey jackhammer johnson, what's it like being 3-0 in cal? OH WAIT, YOU LOST.
(we are 3-0, by the way)
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So I saw a cat outside my window last night(around 1 AM), and being bored and not tired, decided to try to follow it. It's been raining all day, so everythings wet, and the trees are still dripping. In the almost pitch darkness, I see it in the starlight go out into the barn thats behind my house. Armed with my trusty flashlight and my Canon camera, I embark upon this great crusade of following a cat. He leads me into the back of the barn where I simply assumed he was sheltering from the rain. He jumps up on an old cabinet and when my flashlight finds him, his eyes are staring at me, reflecting like the rear of a bicycle caught in headlights. He looks at me a moment before jumping in the slightly open cabinet doors. I, being a dumb human, attempt to make a cat "meow" sound, and as soon as my horrible imitation is let loose, the cat yelps and bolts out, scrambling to the floor, and runs full speed out the open back of the barn. I figured that was that and my adventure was over until two more bicycle reflector eyes caught my flashlight beam. Another cat! I ready my camera, hoping to get a rare glimpse of the wild stray-itis cat-icus and maybe grab a blurry photo or two.
This time, the cat starts the first meow, and with the sound fresh on my mind, I attempt another "meow," this time sounding much better (at least to me). The cat meows back, and I attempt a conversation in meowing back and forth for a few moments before this cat, too, jumps and bolts for the door. Stupid cat, I know that I sounded better than before. Anyway, I go and investigate further and find 5 kittens in the cabinet! Photo-op goldmine! Heres the pics, I think there were 5 cats in there. I used my fastest lense since it was dark and the flashlight helped.
http://shackpics.com/files/IMG_1836CustomJPG_p3m0azlfs20f6nv9xzkb.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/IMG_1842CustomJPG_vpylz2q7gwxd6h3gy1w2.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/IMG_1848CustomJPG_1xqmtoo2j7s8grukxhya.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/IMG_1865CustomJPG_r4et92mfougmtlhxx6kb.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/IMG_1869CustomJPG_irdfufir58jskhnkgtgv.jpg
What should I do? Leave them out there? Will the parent cats come back and take care of them? Or have I scared them off permanently? they're so cuuuuute
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this seems really odd.
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I've never been more excited about a keyboard shortcut since I discovered Win-D to minimize all windows to desktop.
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i'm looking for a new one, open to design, but preferably a bi fold. i looked at burberry but paying 210-255 bucks for a wallet is high. i'd pay maybe half of that.
here's a picture of the style i'd like: http://images.saksfifthavenue.com/images/products/04/197/5992/0419759920963/0419759920963_275x275.jpg
any recommendations?
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http://shackpics.com/viewer.php?file=gti1_2lhmw53chtrdw4n9xkhj.jpg
Got it home this evening. Rush hour traffic all the way so I didn't get to wind it out a bit until I hit the entrance road to my subdivision. It's a winding .5 mile long road and was empty, so I just opened it up.
So much fun. :)
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It seems really cool. So far I'm struggling to do much more than just flail about on the floor
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I know there are (or were) a lot of Mazda 3 drivers on the Shack, and I'm wondering if anyone found a solution to this, or if they found another way of changing the deck.
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who's going? devnullgt said he was and i know i am.
we need a meeting place and time. here's the information on it as of now:
Venue:
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Registration Start Time:
7am - Data Platform, Infrastructure IT Pro, and Technology/Business Decision Maker Tracks
12 noon - Developer and Partner Tracks
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i'll start it off.
http://boxcutter.muxtape.com/
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Has anyone ever heard of a attack on a network through a game console? I am trying to help a co-workers kidsso I can play against them in smash and completely crush and humiliate them get their Wii online. The main obstacle is the father who is paranoid that someone will get into the network through the Wii and get the checking account data. I haven't talked with them yet but the laptop I have seen is pretty locked down with norton. I don't have any specific examples of a network being hacked through a game console but they do use wireless and I told the wife "if someone really wants to get into your network they will."
Other then that I am at a loss on how to convince them.
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http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/stop_making_movies_about_my
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http://www.hellgatelondon.com/underground/hellgate-reaches-new-audience
http://www.hellgatelondon.com/underground/flagship-studios-founds-educational-stronghold
cool stuff.
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This is bad, right? http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=3209 how do i repair it? besides just formatting? I could, it's just the Time Machine Drive, but still, what a pain.. Oh, and the "Storage" partition, yeah, can't loose that.. TONS of stuff on there, but it seems to be OK.
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When checking the internet today I noticed you dont have the hatchback Civic in the USA. Why is that? The Civic SI Coupe/Sedan looks bad compared to the TypeR.
TypeR Hatchback:
http://honda.synkron.com/graphics/Synkron-Library/Honda-Sverige/Images/Models/Civic-Type-R/civictyper_03.jpg
http://honda.synkron.com/graphics/Synkron-Library/Honda-Sverige/Images/Models/Civic-Type-R/civictyper_05.jpg
SI Sedan/Coupe:
http://automobiles.honda.com/images/2008/civic-si-coupe/exterior-gallery/gal_lg7.jpg
http://automobiles.honda.com/images/2008/civic-si-coupe/exterior-gallery/gal_lg9.jpg
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Our Flickr group is growing daily. Right now we're sitting at 99 members. Someone should join up and be #100.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shacknews/
While you're at it, don't forget to join our Assignment Group. This is an excellent way to improve your photography. We'll be doing these bi-weekly, I believe.
The current assignment is self-portrait and has been extended through April 7th! So go and take a self portrait of any kind and post it to the assignment group. Be creative!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/
Today's featured ShackPhotos
jonchan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonchan/2377238175/in/pool-shacknews
dasampla: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24890588@N03/2377155248/in/pool-shacknews
andy devendorf: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wjowsa/2365617104/in/pool-shacknews
Anything in ewhalen's photostream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eric_whalen/
ashkie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24885460@N06/2370033824/in/pool-shacknews
ConfusedUs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/confusedus/2383355329/in/pool-shacknews
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Ok, I said with the new patch that this game could possibly be worth getting. I take it back. I take it way way back. I have seen very few patches screw over a game like the 1.0.2 patch has screwed over Frontlines.
You just wonder if they tested it at all before releasing it. They had the potential to fix the main issues with the game and make it a "must buy". Instead this patch fixes nothing that I've seen and instead makes the game unplayable by breaking the frames per second that you get, leaving previous show stopper bugs and adding no new features that they needed to add such as punk buster and voice chat.
At this point I officially give up on this piece of shit game. It had such potential for some amazing Shack Battles if they just fixed a few issues and added a couple of features. Instead it looks like they have no idea what they are doing and the game is pretty much dead now.
I hope they prove me wrong in the months ahead. If the issues are fixed it would be a great bargain bin game to pick up for some fun online play but as it is I'm not holding my breath.
Is anyone else annoyed about flex points costing money? I feel its like someone buying levels in WoW from Blizzard. I love the game I just wish there was more to do on a day to day basis and that I could get flex points in the game due to performance in the games so I could buy custom equipment or something special. Sadly I check the site 4 times a day even though I can't do anything worthwhile now that I've created my characters and assigned the points.
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http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080312.html
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080306.html
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080318.html
some of my fav from last month
I unwittingly found that hitting "F11" can make my Shacking more productive by about 15%.
What are some other useful shortcuts you know?
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