Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, May 20, 2008 6:00pm PDTSo we actually managed to get a look at KillZone 2 recently if you can believe it,
expect to see some coverage of that coming your way in the next few days. Or maybe we'll
just put out a preview of the preview that doesnt actually represent what is in the
preview!
- NetFlix set top box
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/05/20/netflix.streaming.ap/index.html">arrives
- The online dating scam
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/20/earlyshow/series/main4109993.shtml">gets
some press
- Geo Metros are
hot
- Apple sells
href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207801408">expensive
computers
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Metal Gear Solid 5?
- Splinter Cell: Conviction delay due
to Assasin's Creed
- Square Enix looking to buy
- Silent Hill 5 interview
- Spore screenshots and
href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52768">video
- Microsoft boosting XBLA file sizes
- Epic buys Undertow developer
- Price cuts for 360 / PS3 this
holiday
- Latest Rock Band additions
- DX10 possible on 360 / PS3
- Battlefield Heroes beta signups
- Prince of Persia the movie gets
Jake
Lastly, please excuse the slow moving stuff around these parts for a couple of days.
We're kind of under a heavy load but we are working on cleaning that up. Honest!
Chatty: Diablo III, Dragon's Dogma
FileShack: Unity of Command, Skyjacker
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
]pm[chem's team: 99.5 pph
gnomish's team: 89.3
jackhammer's: 97.0
monkeygone's: 86.7
noobja's: 86.75
solvechrist's: 87.5
While certainly a horrible metric to use blindly (and NOT a guarantee of tourney success), it's interesting that jackhammer's team and mine ended up with higher pph by such a margin. I know felraiser and other rs| members were advising jackhammer on his picks (probably via felraiser's spreadsheet). I also calculated every west player's pph as part 2 of my 2-part rating system. Did any other captains calculate pph when drafting?
And how did the East turn out?
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http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Motherboards.html
Atom 230 (1.6Ghz Diamondville) on a mini-itx form factor, sadly.. the chipset is i945G, and thus it has GMA 950 graphics
And.. and this is tragically lol...
see the photo of the board? yeah.. with it's big heatsink in the middle with its fan on it... THAT'S the fucking chipset!
If that had the G45 chipset that board I linked to last night on it, it'd pretty much be perfect for an htpc
1.6Ghz Atom, and a hardware h264/vc-1 decoder, with a DVI port on the back..... ah well, it'll happen! oh yes!
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I was fine up until the whole crystal skull being an alien skull thing got revealed, and then it just lost me in "this is fucking dumb" land. Up till that point it felt like typical Indy, but with lots of dumb shit thrown in which i could easily forget (Shia Lebeouf swinging through the tree's like Tarzan dressed in greaser gear being one of them). But fucking ALIENS and UFO's? What the fuck was that shit?.
Also there were times where Harrison Ford had the personality of Indy, and times where he just came across as a totally different character. Where did his attitude go? The only time it ever really came out was when he was arguing with Marion. Indy should have been older but kept the same wise ass attitude that made him so appealing, instead he felt older and bored.
On it's own the movie would have been a great adventure movie if there was no alien bullshit in it.
And now what - we have to take the crappy shafting the networks gave us as they hamfistedly shoved episodes in incorrect order for their own dark desires - and wrote out characters willy nilly - and wait until september to watch the shows again? After we already went 3 or 4 months without them during the strike?
TV networks suck - I want them to die. Or at the very least to stop doing such a half assed inconsistent job with shows we like.
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Here's the paper in question: http://shackpics.com/viewer.php?file=lol_5pb91gn85ir3uawi8gz5.jpg
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Despite living in NYC since 2003, I feel that the majority of the NYC shackmeets occurred after the nyranger/dahanese shackmeet in October 2005. That was where I met most of the NYC crew and that's when the ball really got rolling.
Next month I'm moving out of town so I really would like to have one more large gathering of the NY area shack collective before I leave NYC. Therefore, to come full circle back to 2005, I would like to have dinner and BYOB karaoke in Koreatown!
Date: June 13th 2008
Time: Probably around 7pm
Preliminary Plan:
7pm - Meet at Kum Gang San, the traditional shackmeet Korean restaurant of choice for some delicious Korean BBQ (and hopefully lots of soju)
http://www.yelp.com/biz/kum-gang-san-new-york
9pm - go to a deli and buy shitloads of alcohol
9:15-30pm - iBop Karaoke - bring said alcoholic beverages into a private karaoke room and sing our hearts out!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/ibop-karaoke-new-york
Try to RSVP via SM or say that you're "definitely attending" so I can get a headcount to book the karaoke room!
Of course, I'm open to suggestions if you have better ideas to have a huge shackmeet. I hope I can see all of you one more time before I skip town!
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i have two directories in my shackspace that just won't delete
http://virus.shackspace.com/
europe and eurotrip
I have tried with 2 different FTP clients. I'm wondering if the permissions are screwed up?
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http://www.esquire.com/bestbars/complete-list/
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I'd be willing to play retail price for this. :(
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Jake Gyllenhaal has been crowned the Prince of Persia!
The 27-year-old actor and Gemma Arterton, who stars in the new James Bond film, will take the lead roles in the fantasy adventure, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which starts production in July.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.”
Last month, it was reported that Orlando Bloom would take on the role.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Schema_gvt_iran_en.png
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http://shirt.woot.com/
http://kaioa.com/node/72
Puts the whole idea into perspective by talking a little bit about Jake2 - a Java port of Quake2.
http://bytonic.de/html/jake2.html
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=xs_gb_20_center-2_rw_uk_20086?ie=UTF8&docId=1000208101&pf_rd_p=305207801&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=14Z1V5KES4CGBCCY9BA0
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Holy shit the mission Three Leaf Clover is fucking AWESOME! :D
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How the fuck do I get this thing to run well?
I've got an E8400, 4gb DDR2 ram, and an 8800gtx, yet it runs like shit, even with everything at low (everything low gets me almost 30 fps, everything high (not very high, just high) is getting me between 7-15 fps...how do I fix this?
I'm running it @ 1680 on my 22" LCD, so changing res isn't really a viable option.
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http://web.mac.com/extremealternatives/iWeb/eXtremeAlternatives/H2%20Hybrid.html
*Hydrogen injection into the air intake to boost performance and economy.
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So I'm playing, or rather trying to play, with my girlfriend. We're both in Tortage, she's in my group, but we can't see each other. What gives?
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System building menz, I'm just looking for opinions on my current state of affairs, in reply.
TL;DR: Is CPU power really important in PC gaming right now, or could I get away with upgrading my video card while already having a so-so dual core for THIS year's games?
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wish me luck!
*snip*
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Grand Cru have a really tough game tomorrow against the Austin Outlaws. Through the first 12 games this season they're averaging right at 210 rushing yards per game.
Cyber-Demons will be facing the feared Colorado Frheijdixscopes and their impressive 6.1 points scored per game average.
The Lampshades look to extend their winning streak to five against the Buffalo Borowskis who lead the AA#4 league in parking tickets.
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Age of Conan menz
launch day performance/stability impressions?
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http://shackpics.com/files/racing_of530c6jf233tmc5r3q7.jpg
Looks like his is running on water, but in reality he is so fukin ded.
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I've been saying this forever...whats the fucking big deal about hybrids when a Geo Metro from the 90's gets the same or better gas mileage!? It seems that hybrids should be getting much better mileage than they are.
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1. The song Street Kid from Elton John really rocks.
2. Most of the radio stations really, really suck.
3. LJ cannot shoot for shit, especially when stoned.
4. Liberty City was founded by people with Tourette's.
5. I cannot fly a helicopter.
6. I still hate racing.
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The tragedy of this all is that I did not get to play Ninja Gaiden Sigma last night like I was looking forward to.
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Due to another Sydney visitor to our fair but freezing state we are heading out Thursday night.
Current idea is the Game On exhibition (http://www.acmi.net.au/game_on.aspx) at 6pm followed by alcoholic beveridges and the possibility of being touched up either by abrasion and/or filthysock, then off to see Ironman or indy
If anyone has better plans i'm open to suggestions.
Currently Shavenewok, Radula, Abrasion, Filthysock and Rodeoclash are in so if there are any Melbourne shackers i've forgotten let us know.
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