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3Let's kick off the Shacking for this glorious Friday. In Grand Theft Auto 4 news, it's always good to see the game's critics flat-out lie about that which they are critiquing. Do those who have played GTA4 think it glamorizes crime? In more enjoyable news, Nick brought us a new Replay Couch, which you should watch if just for the G-Man's moves.
So awesome show last night!
Holy WTF batman Is Richard fucking Merlin the ageless stranger or something?
Also WTF is up with his test of young Locke?
You know here's a crazy out of the blue idea but JJ Abrams bought the rights to the dark tower series - and richard runs a school for "gifted kids". Watch the island somehow be connected to the breakers or some other dark tower lore
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BTW Timaste, the email does not have a link to a NDA. Does it have one?
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I'm pulling out of the grocery store parking lot onto the Mopac access road, in the middle lane to turn left onto another street when a huge fat hispanic guy riding shotgun, and a fat kid in the back seat of a blue SUV in the left lane flags me down. I roll down my window and ask what's up. The dude riding shotgun asks me if I want some detailing done on my car. Now, this wouldn't be such a weird question if A) my car wasn't covered in bird crap, B) this was being asked of me while we sit at a red light, and C) it's some guy with a 13 year old kid in a plain blue SUV asking me if I wanted detailing done on my car.
I answer "Oh no thanks", to which he responds "You have bird crap all over your car". To which I respond, "I know".
His next question: "How much do you want for your car? I got stacks on me right now, how much you want for it?"
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Keep in mind that I'm driving a fairly downtrodden 2000 accord sedan.
I tell him that despite the condition of the car, I'm not looking to sell any time soon. He presses me further and says "How much do you want for it? Even if you didn't want to sell it, how much would you ask for it?"
I respond "15 grand"
He consults his super sketchy-looking driver, turns to me and says with a straight face "I'll give you $12,499 for it right now."
What the hell?? I tell him no way, and he again consults his driver for a second, who gives him "the nod". He turns to me again and says "Ok, I'll give you 15 grand for it right now, straight up. Cash."
Now, seeing as how I'm about to drop about $1500 on car repairs in the near future, this doesn't sound too bad. Except for the part where I would be surely scammed/beaten/killed and my car used in some nefarious deed. He keeps asking, and I keep refusing his offer with words like "No.", "No thanks, I'm declining your offer." and "No"
He finally relents and asks where I work, to which I quickly respond "Dell" (not true). He mimes a keyboard typing motion with his hands and is like "Oh, you work with computers huh?" I affirm, and with that segue, he asks "So will you sell me your car?". I tell him no again as the light turns green, and fate separates us (hopefully) forever.
Someone please tell me what the fuck just happened
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What does the Shack do for a living?
What career fields are you guys in? What do you do for a living? If giving away your job title will expose your real identity (like 'I'm a senator for Florida') then be vague about it.
I'll start. I'm ex-computer support desk tech (6 years). Now I'm a firefighter working towards paramedic.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080509-pirate-bay-mpaas-15-4-million-damage-claim-a-fabrication.html
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http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/05/09/microsofts-greenberg-slams-sonys-failed-promises/#comments
"..three years ago at E3 they showed what PS3 games would supposedly look like with the Killzone 2 video, that we are now learning will ship four years later. That means that we will have shipped Gears of War and Gears of War 2 before they can even get Killzone out the door," he said. "Think back to GDC 2007 when Sony promised to leap ahead in online with the Sony Home unveil. Here we are two years later and multiple delays for a product that appears to have little to no buzz. Where are the achievements? The friends list integration across all games? Where is the long-promised video store? Where are all the other products using and networking with their CELL chip? How come Blu-ray did not result in better games? What happened with Sixaxis and rumble? Where is the complete 1080p game library we were promised? If Blu-ray as they said would be such a catalyst to PS3 console sales, then why have PS3 sales over the past couple months not seen any lift since the format victory?"
OUCH! I have to say he's got a fine damned point. A few of them actually. Part of the reason I am getting a 360 very soon is I'm tired of waiting on Sony to get their act together with a few things he mentions. FIGHT!
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Jessipoo can only make tonight, virus bailed (sucks but starting Monday he's cool again) and Zhaneel is kinda flaky.
Seems there is no D&B downtown anymore, so we are gonna do something else.
I'll be at the Union Square Sports Bar around 7:30 pm to catch the beginning of the Pens-Philly game.
We'll meet up there and decide where to go.
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=4766
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So back a month or so ago, my buddy and I were taking my Chevy Tracker 4x4 down a forest trail with about 6-8in of snow on the ground on our way to our snow campsite. On the trail the Tracker slid sideways on a downhill section into about 3 feet of snow on the side of the trail.
Now, the Tracker has a low range transfer case with good ground clearance 8+ inches but we ended up being stuck for about 30 minutes until we were able to shovel a path out largely due to the fact that the tracker doesn't have front or rear locking differentials. I was spinning both a front and rear tire and unable to gain enough traction.
This got me thinking about a next purchase 4x4 vehicle that would prevent this from occuring. Now I'm not a ultra hard-core off-road guy into lifting the crap out of vehicles. Thus, I'm wondering what kinds of smaller (not huge like hummers) vehicles come standard prepared for offroad.
I've looked at Jeep wranglers of course (pricey and old engine), FJ cruiser (weird styling), Xterras (pretty good but lower offroad specs than others) and various small and midsize pickups. Are there any others I'm missing that I should consider? Thanks.
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has anyone seen the joe rogan fight on fear factor? all i see on youtube was what the network aired...so not much. footage had to have leaked out by now.
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I'm gonna host a 360 GTA IV Shackbattle tonight! We'll likely get started around 7pm CST or so, but I an on playing multi for quite awhile tonight, so don't be upset if you hear about this late! The plan is to play some Team Mafiya Work and maybe a bit of Cops and Crooks as well.
To get in, just be sure to add my gamertag: Xevo1979. I'll add you back, and then invite you in if there's a spot open!
If anyone else wants to run one after my game fills up, here's how to do it:
Under multiplayer on the phone, select Player Match and then Custom Match. You want to set private slots from 0 to maximum. Then just invite people in through the Dashboard while you sit in the lobby, and wait for people to join! Definitely never use party mode, outside of the fun lobby area, it's pretty crappy as you have to play with other random people and it doesn't always bring along everyone in your party.
Let's fill up a few custom games worth of Shack-on-Shack multiplayer madness!
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http://96.234.34.122:8000/listen.pls
that's my station! come on in, guys!
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Are we switching our O strat to pass blocking?
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Details at http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?t=95551
Patch 2.0 Summary
• New Abyss Quest Line with Five New Boss Fights:
• New Shared Stash System:
• Major Rebalance of the Blademaster Class:
• Improved, Configurable Guild Controls:
• Consignment House:
• Three New Skills for all Classes:
• Trinket Inventory Slots:
• Attribute Respec Vendor:
• Stack Splitting:
• Gameplay Changes:
• Item Linking:
• Achievement Rewards
• New Armor and Weapons for all Factions
• New Monster Types
• New Chat Color Scheme
• Many bug fixes and performance tweaks.
• A few more features yet to be announced.
Patch 2.1 Summary
• PvP Ranking
• PvP Matchmaking for Teams and Individuals
• PvP Points and Rewards
• PvP Achievements
• Capture the Flag PvP Game
• Improved predictability and balance for the attribute feed system.
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http://www.breitbart.tv/html/92353.html
I like a woman with a smartass mouf like dat.
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First Match is June 1
Please reply to this thread with a link to your steam profile if you would like to participate in the next TF2 Tournament. (if you did not post in the previous threads)
- Matches will be scheduled for every Sunday (Time in the evening, most likely 7pm Eastern/Pacific depending on division).
- Please indicate East or West division in your reply.
- If you are in the Central/Mountain area, or elsewhere. it is up to you to decided which division you want to play. The game time will be earlier or later than 7pm depending on which division you choose!
- Deadline to sign up is TODAY MAY 9
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/sets/72157600208215139/?page=2
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http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/meta/getalife/coretierra.html
The single biggest advantage of Evolutionary Programming is the final thing it has in common with biological evolution: it can solve problems that humans are unable to solve, or come up with solutions better than any human solution. In the biological world, animals can climb stairs, avoid obstacles, catch prey, and do many other things that humans have failed to get a robot to do well. Lockheed Martin have evolved code that works out how to maneuver spacecraft from one orientation to another. It achieves the goal within 2% of the theoretical minimum time - which is around 10% faster than any human-written code can manage.
It reminded me of an awesome Damn Interesting article on evolutionary circuitry:
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=870
It seems that evolution had not merely selected the best code for the task, it had also advocated those programs which took advantage of the electromagnetic quirks of that specific microchip environment. The five separate logic cells were clearly crucial to the chip's operation, but they were interacting with the main circuitry through some unorthodox method– most likely via the subtle magnetic fields that are created when electrons flow through circuitry, an effect known as magnetic flux.
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_collins
Interesting tidbit:
"I mentioned the Dove ad campaign that proudly featured lumpier-than-usual “real women” in their undergarments. It turned out that it was a Dangin job. “Do you know how much retouching was on that?” he asked. “But it was great to do, a challenge, to keep everyone’s skin and faces showing the mileage but not looking unattractive.”
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The Cyber-Demons just put the fucking hammer down.
http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=16169
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Break
Anyone remember this show?
It aired on ABC during Lost's mid-season break in 2006. It didn't even make it through it's 13 episode run and was cancelled about halfway through the season. The remainder of the episodes were burned through on abc.com and it seemed as if the show would be forgotten forever.
I loved this show. I absolutely adored it. The shooting, editing, acting were all top-notch. The premise was that a police detective, Brett Hopper, is arrested early in the morning for the murder of an assistant DA and discovers his framing is part of a complex conspiracy involving many of those around him. He's hopelessly trapped in a web spun around him by unknown people and for unknown means. He can't escape.
Then he wakes up, and it's the same day again. All his wounds from the previous day carry over but no one but Hopper is stuck in this time loop.
The series revolves around Hopper trying to "solve" his day. He has to find out why he was framed, who framed along with saving the lives of others affected by the conspiracy. Everything is connected and Hopper has to piece the mystery together based on evidence he collects each day and figure out why he is forced to repeat the day again and again.
I was walking through Best Buy a week ago and noticed, much to my surprise - the series has been released on DVD.]_
http://www.amazon.com/Day-Break-Complete-Taye-Diggs/dp/B00127Z5D2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1210373540&sr=8-1
I urge and implore you to pick up the DVDs. They are only 20 bucks and worth every penny.
The premise of the show seems as if it'd lend itself to repetition and the repeating of scenes but every day is different as Hopper attempts to collect different pieces of evidence each day and interact with different victims, suspects and friends every time he repeats his terrible day.
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Bringing back so many memories of myself - aged 14 - lieing on my bed, headphones on, lights off, enjoying it so much... I'm 25 now.....but you know how just putting on an album can bring back so many memories? this one really does for me......I'm in a really nostalgic mood tonight...
What were you listening to in 1994 and how old were you?
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You have 30 minutes to decide....
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