Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, May 21, 2008 6:22pm PDTI'm pretty darn excited about that href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52801">Pac-Man movie news
possibly imagine a better videogame property ready to make the jump to the silver screen!
Well, Joust is hot too. I would
say I'm also excited about the Diablo 3 stuff, but I'm sure it is still another 2 years
from release at least. :(
- Rural wireless carriers
href="http://www.intomobile.com/2008/05/21/rural-wireless-carriers-petition-fcc-to-look-into-iphone-exclusivity-deal.html">pissy
with iPhone
- Get paid to search
by MS!
- Dude, a dying star
- Facebook overhaul coming!
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- Penny Arcade Adventures PC demo
available
- Mortal Kombat vs DC Superman
unveiled
- Microsoft says first to 100M wins
- Lego Batman screenshots
- Diablo 3 most likely announcing next
month
- James Cameron talks Avatar
- Team Fortress 2 360 DLC update
- KillZone 2 preview
- Metal Gear Solid 4 screenshots
- Silent Hill 5 screenshots,
see our interview &
href="http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=864">preview
? - Capcom points to gas prices hurting
their financials
- Guitar Hero 4 / World Tour trailer
- Street Fighter 2 HD Akuma
screenshots
- Blizzard doing some WoW
purification
- Velvet Assasin dev hates pc gamers
- Dragon Quest 4 DS screenshots
Lastly, I'll be tweaking some things with the profiles tonight to handle some minor IE
bugs so if you see things blow up all crappy, just check again a few minutes later.
Developing on the live site is way more fun than a silly dev site.
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
Cradle trailer shows off Russian indie adventure game
WoW Monopoly, StarCraft RISK announced at Toy Fair
Jersey Shore's 'The Situation' signs App deal
Blacklight: Retribution open beta begins Feb 27
Super Stardust Delta free with Vita 3G activation
Chronovolt announced for PS Vita
Ms. Splosion Man challenge to give away steaks
The Last of Us avoids regen health
Closure takes $100K Grand Prize at IGC 2012
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A good family friend passed away suddenly a few days ago and his family is currently collecting/assembling photos for the memorial service and funeral. Trouble is, the external hard-drive the most recent 1-2 years of pictures are on an external HD that went kaput a few months ago. I just tried to hook it up and I get a repetitive scratching sound when it tries to spin-up. I've read about sticking failed drives in the freezer in hopes that the temporary contraction of the head/platter could possibly yield recovery. Is this complete BS? Is there anything else I can try aside from shipping this thing off to a data recovery service? And if there's nothing else I can do, which services do you guys recommend? These pictures need to be salvaged somehow!!!
Thanks Guys.
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Oh man I have waited for the next runner up to my beloved 2d master piece and it has come.
Currently announced only for the arcade, we should see a ps3 and 360 version in the near feature.
For now only drool over the tiny pics and wonder if CvsSNK3 or even MvsC3 will follow one can only dream.
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Earlier tonight I was picking up cars for Brucie. The guy in the car decided to drive off so I chased him in a stolen truck, which later I T-Bird hit him in an intersection. He immediately got out of the car and ran over to me, and as I got out he started shooting at me. HOWEVER! Just then a cop was driving by, and since I hadn't done anything yet, two cops screech to a halt, get out of their cars and gun the guy down! I get into his car, they get into theirs and drive away... and I drive the car over to Brucie's.
:D
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I hate that level so much.. It took me more than a year to pass it (obviously with months of inaction).
Why do they make it so complex and gimmicky, everytime i loaded my game i had to start from the beginning of the level, plus all the enemies back in place... that sucks (yeah, i know its nintendo).
Anyway, i'm back in EARTH, as a wolf. Yay, i guess..
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WTB
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Raiders >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Temple Of Doom > Last Crusade >>> Crystal Skull
What a bummer.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye/print
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http://www.tutztutz.com/2008/05/top-10-shirts-to-get-arrested-in/
hahahaha.. the Jesus one is perfect
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OK I need help here.
One of my clients had 2 orphaned servers we got one back on but that started a AD shitfest when replicated. We had to restore AD and now on the Replication Monitor there are entries showing Deleted Server #1 - 6. Before we add the second orphaned server to it we want to see if we can get rid of those entries.
I have searched Microsoft's site and Google and Yahoo and whatever else I can find. The Deleted servers don't show up in Metadata Cleanup and there aren't any duplicates in AD.
Does someone know how to clear these entries cause I can't find anything useful to help me.
I realized that I haven't taken a pic of my actual desk in like, 2-3 years. Well, this is the current setup. it's like a long built in desk thing into the wall, not the best, but it works.
http://shackpics.com/files/100_0235JPG_7g3qlfj6opgy9pjn1ka7.jpg
http://shackpics.com/files/100_0236JPG_um0gi6wkppyco1n0ww5p.jpg
share yours too!
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What server is everyone on?
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http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/6411/thoridalnewel5.jpg
There goes my life (again).
It's only 100% more powerful than my PvP xbow... lol. Stupid blizzard :(
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http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/21/dealership-offers-free-gas-or-gun-with-new-ca-80-choose-gun/
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My RL friend has a Feral Druid Leather worker and is wanting to know which is better Aldor or Scryer for his profession and for the reputation enchants.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/22/sv_rahn125.xml
poor bastard :(
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I think if you didn't like the plot of Indy 4 then you should watch Chariots of the Gods http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065702/
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I need some more help. To summerize, I need a new gaming desktop, but I also need it to be cheap. My goal is to have it play Age of Conan w/ decent graphics and be RELIABLE.
The first system I set up looked like this: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=5021529&WishListTitle=AMrBean+New+PC%3F
After comments from the original Shack post (above), I have this: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=5021709&WishListTitle=AMrBean+New+PC+v%2E+2
So, I come here to ask again:
1.) Where can I cut the fat to make it less than $600? Recommendations?
2.) Can someone recommend a budget reliable MoBo for the system?
3.) Will this system get me ~50 fps in AoC at 1600X1200 resolution?
4.) Can I expect to get some decent gaming years out of this system?
5.) Do I need anything else? Fans, thermal paste, etc.?
6.) Will it be VERY RELIABLE and decently quiet?
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http://sites.google.com
Businesses have been using this for a while, but now it's open to the public. Check out the example pages.
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Anyone else read Eurogamers review of Haze? (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=142250)
The combat's weak, the storyline's excruciating, it's technically deficient - Haze really is this year's most significant gaming disappointment. The 4/10 seems pretty generous after reading the review through
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There is a lot of hate here on the shack. Case of the typical internet vocal minority or expectations a bit too high? These are pretty decent numbers...
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http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=3481
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http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=3485
Settings on medium + some high, 1680 x 1050... no AA (just resized pics down a few pixels).
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Eureka Science News - esciencenews.com
It's a science news site (duh) - the cool part is that there's no human editor behind it. It's entirely automated - it checks news on all major science sites, regroup the related one together, categorize them, rank them, find associated press releases and images and publish them. Soon it might become self-sentient and take over the world ;)
If you like it and want to help:
* Link to it on your blog / website
* Save it on Delicious
* Review it on StumbleUpon
* Digg it : http://digg.com/general_sciences/Eureka_Science_News_just_launched
Either of those would help the site a ton - I hope you guys will enjoy it as your main source of science news ;) I'd also love to have feedback if you have anything to say about it.
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http://blog.jimmyr.com/Only_in_Russia_18_2008.php
Or the deep south.
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AMD64 3500+
7800 GT
2 gigs RAM
I'm thinking that I really need to upgrade my processor at this point? Would just swapping in a higher grade video card make any significant difference?
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