Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Apr 03, 2008 6:53am PDTGood morning everyone, hope your day isn't too shabby. We've got a new Replay Couch for you, packed with a plethora of prime grade video content. Also, the gallery for the Fallen Empire contest should populate over the day and we'll name the first batch of winners later on. Finally, I hope everyone is as excited as me for the Sins of a Solar Empire expansion.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag for PC to come after consoles
DTS Headphone:X brings 11.1 channel surround sound to headsets
Xbox One policy change means loss of family sharing, disc-free gaming
Crytek working on The Collectibles for iOS
ejectorpod couldn't find a job if it kicked him in the teeth.
I want to get a condo in Belltown, start doing coke, and just go down in a beautiful spiral of self destruction.
takers?
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http://shackpics.com/files/LOL_8lvpzufx8vrzf2gt4uya.jpg
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I'm thinking of getting one for Forza 2 after playing GT4 on my brothers PS2 Logitech Wheel and was wondering what the verdict on it was?
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Mine broke on March 2nd ( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16388962#itemanchor_16388962 ) and It finally shipped back to me today. The catch? Shipping to and from the repair center are practically overnight because I live in Houston and the repair center is also in Houston. (well, mesquite, TX -- but it's still overnight because that's where the UPS depot also happens to be).
I'm not very happy about it taking a month to get something this stupid fixed. How hard is it to just ship back the refurb when my busted one arrives?
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New HD trailer of Mercenaries 2
http://media.video.ign.com/ev/av.html?dlURL=http://ps3movies.ign.com/ps3/video/article/863/863969/Mercenaries2US_040208_flvhighwide.flv&object_ID=793793
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Ahoy! In honor of Kallanta driving across this great nation of ours to settle in this miserable, dank filled pit of shame and LIES we call home, I say we have a shackmeet!
Possible places to go, the UBERBier on Aurora like last time. Pro - late night pizza next to it. Con - kinda small. Norm's in Fremont. Pro - most awesome bar and literally a walk away for Kallanta. Con - gets pretty crowded on a weekend, but not if we start at like say, 7.
I figured Saturday night will go a good night for all. Already, myself, Kallanta, Digital_D, and Mindmann provided he can escape from the old ball o chain are down for a shackmeet.
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I had an idea last night.
Imagine gravity as the effect of a mass on a gel or foam
so, where a mass presses down, other masses will tend to roll towards it because of the indent it makes on the surface of the foam (or you could consider it to be like a mattress)
Now, on a mattress or gel or whatever, if you exert force on the right areas around an object, the elasticity of the medium will exert force back on the central object even enough to lift it off the mattress. So, pressing down around an object would make that object lift up so, my theory is, if you could produce instantaneous gravity in a specific pattern around a mass and fluctuated it at high force and regular intervals it would be possible to produce an anti-gravity effect now, those cern guys were talking about making "miniature black holes." if a high mass (and therefore high gravity) molecule could be created with large amounts of energy, instantaneous micro-black holes, basically then you could create that "instantaneous gravitational force" necessary to impact the medium in order to produce the antigravity effect, then simply place them in a correct formation to induce a concentric effect.
I thought this idea was pretty cool.
tl;dr Dude, antigravity.
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If you've finished your set, contact devnullgt for the upload info. You've got like 24 hours or something :D
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Who wants to play some TF2?
Are you just saying you want to play some TF2?
or do you REALLY WANT to play some TF2?
How about some new maps?
make sure you get these before joining tonight!
ctf_depo22: http://www.venguard.net/ctf_depo22beta.rar
cpctf_depo22: http://www.venguard.net/cpctf_depo22beta.rar
new game type - ctf, with a CP centerpoint to move up spawn!
cp_labor: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/37889
cp_redstone: http://www.fpsbanana.com/maps/50608
and maaaaaaybe cp_fastlane (hint hint -sk- !)
I'll add a link to this map if it's available.
TF2 Tournament Update for feek - HoK vs. PWNIFY scheduled for 10pm Saturday the 5th. F10 will play the winner on Sunday night.
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8742596&type=product&id=1202648740213
Only 720P, but a 32" screen is the largest they can fit in their entertainment center (we measured it a month or so ago), and they aren't about to change the furniture. I'll pick it up Saturday on the way to their house.
Dad will doubtless bitch at me for spending money on them, but I know he's been wanting an HDTV and baseball season is starting... :)
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http://fredgarvin.muxtape.com/
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Just thought I'd share. If it wasn't for shack "what should I watch" lists I wouldn't see stuff like this.
*Blockbuster sent me the "edited version" which apparently means I didn't get the full ass2ass effect in order for this thing to only be rated R. I'll have to check it out.
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The thing is, there was an incredibly talented guitarist in the group by the name of Nino Bettencourt. He isn't that well known, which is a damn shame because he's one of the finest guitarists ever.
I give you this as an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBL9LtFOZNI
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Cover art for the Bantam Press edition of Return of the Crimson Guard: http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2008/04/cover-art-for-ian-cameron-esslemonts.html
Unf. Only a few more months to go...
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Sigh... can someone tell me why the writing function on this tablet pc isn't working right now? If I write something, anything even a 0, it doesn't write it. It just shows like a dot on the screen of what my 0 should have been :(
I have the wacom tablet drivers installed. Not understanding what it could be besides this.
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For example, track down and kill the person that introduced #itemanchor >:(
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http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-321
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http://www.auroville.org/
A friend and I are looking to spend time there doing research for a year. Any information or experiences are welcome.
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Orbital - Halcyon on and on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXN9r6tPgHU
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgf2ZxIDZk (cool video)
Nothing else is really sticking out in my mind though, any recommendations? This kind of electronica isn't really my forte.
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Looks like we have a new winner in the instant messaging software platform.
Take a look at this!
http://www.digsby.com
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My Dad handed me his Fujifilm S5000 and asked me to fix it. The problem with it is no picture is showing up on the LCD screen or in the eyepiece. I've tried to get into the settings of the thing to reset it, but it doesn't appear as if that helped at all. Is the camera just broken? He says he took it to a store and they said there's nothing you can do, though didn't specify the issue.
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I was thinking about getting an iPod touch, but in looking at the difference between a touch and an iPhone, why should I get the iTouch over the iPhone? My contract with Verizon is up in a month, i dont REALLY care if i switch to AT&T (even tho i hear they're shitty), and android is coming out later this year (right?) ... is that enough reason to go with the touch and not the phone?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPWjNX4PBlI
Repost? Blow me.
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ahahahahahahahaha. So they think people are going to pay $2500 OVER MSRP?
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http://danielprimed.com/regular-features/gaming-analysis/watch-morgan-webb-totally-degrade-video-games-on-the-tyra-banks-show
or, "how Tyra Banks is a stupid bitch and this gamer is a pussy"
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