Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Jul 09, 2008 6:00pm PDTSo while working on cleaning up a bunch of video stuff around here as we prep to
finally unify the video system around here, we came across a worrisome bug that turned out
to actually be Flash related. If you're using FireFox or Opera and notice videos stalling,
Adobe is aware of it and it's actually fixed in the newer version. Just href="http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html">grab the Flash 10 player here
- We almost all died! Now
we're ok
- Google Autos?
href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9986655-93.html?hhTest=1&tag=nefd.top">Google
Music
? - Bronx residents
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/09/tech/main4245636.shtml">sue NYC
- Armchair pilots are
hot
As for the the videogame news around these parts for today:
- E3 2008, what to look
forward to
! - Rock Band 2 song list and details
- Animal Crossing Wii unveiled next
week
- New 1942 hits Xbox 360 & PS3 in
two weeks
- Star Wars Battlefront 3 kinda
revealed
- Duke Nukem 3D XBLA kinda shows up
- Castlevania fighting game
- Final Fantasy 13 not at E3?
- Fallout 3 banned in Australia
- Mercenaries 2 trailer 3
- Wario Land: Shake It! video
- Nintendo DS patent lawsuit
- Microsoft talks motion control
- Crysis Warhead screenshots
Lastly, I had hoped to pick out a new skin for the video player last night but instead
spent all night trying to track down that silly Flash bug. So hey, if href="http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17382053">you want $100 you still have time to try and make one tonight
Binary Domain demo available this week
Shack PSA: Angry Birds on Facebook today
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
Shack PSA: Mass Effect 3 demo out today
Daily Filter: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, MLB 12: The Show
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35912.html
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http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=stats
Interesting stuff. Only 30 people playing Quake Wars on Steam. :(
But what struck me as odd is Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Sources numbers, which are significantly lower than a few months back (~1/2 for CS:S and 1/5 for CS 1.6). It's also far off from what Game Monitor and Online Gaming Zeitgeist are displaying.
Team Fortress 2 appears to be doing well though, numbers are the same as post-beta.
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All the waiting, all the suspense... for.... this? http://dragonage.bioware.com/
hahahaha play again next time :/
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http://mp3.rhapsody.com/ledzeppelin/thecompleteledzeppelin
You can have them put all 165 songs in a zip and download straight from the browser.
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if you're not watching it, i hate you.
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4:3 Aspect Primary Displays (73.76% of Total) 16" 25.83 %
what the fuck?
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I have a fairly old PC, and it's running on an ATI 9600 XT card. I can't afford a new PC right now but I still enjoy playing games like CoH and DoW. I would also really love to play Spore when it's out too.
My question is..Is the best AGP card available worth purchasing? do you think it would make a noticable difference in games like CoH?
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What's the best way to play Ultima VII? Exult? DOSBox? Other?
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How important is intelligence for a Harbinger? I've been mostly putting stat points into strength, but am now bumping up Dex since I've been neglecting it. Should intelligence be a priority to bump up as well (especially since warfare and dream don't bump up any intelligence points)?
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http://www.rim.jobs
no, seriously. it's their real site.
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In Reply
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I'm looking to replicate a youtube type environment here at work; we already have Flash Media Server. Generating content for the avg user is a PIA as most dont know (or have access to) Flash.
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Looking for one in good shape with most if not all original accessories (box , earphones, cables etc..)
If possible msg me with a price shipped to 48823 zip
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http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/toyota-upgrades-its-housing-business.html
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/toyota-cranks-out-prefabs.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121496449430221935.html
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=192589
Sounds amazing.
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and I simply CAN'T STOP LOLLING at this
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284924915&mt=8
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Picked up my copy yesterday. Opted for the DS version because I'm never home for more than two hours a day anymore due to work.
Stayed up until 2am last night playing it. I wasn't sure how to take the streamlining until I realized I had played a full game in under 2 hours. I love it. Having your turns automatically move forward until you build/research something. The smaller maps and smaller city resource grids. The ability to actually play a TBS without having to re-calculate your GNP output from each city before you click on end turn.
Don't get me wrong, Civ 3 and Civ 4 ate up a lot of my time, and if I ever get some downtime, probably will again. It's definitely a different kind of Civilization and I love it. Some strategies are no longer possible, but the overall mindset is. I wish they had implemented the Civ bonuses and World Relics a long time ago. The new Civ bonuses do wonders for separating Civs and ensuring they play differently. Civ 3 and 4 I could basically use the same strategy with just about any Civ that was picked, just get the right government and religion going. Civ Rev is just glorious with rewarding you with useful stuff if you're playing into your own hand. Cities start with extra population? Use it to rapid expand and take the early game's resources and relics. Loyalty and Veteran bonuses built into your units from the get go? Forget expanding, just start pumping units, create a few armies, and take what you need!
If Civilization 4 is the collection of prescription pills in my medicine cabinet my doctor writes because he feels sorry for me, Civ Rev is the crack rock I have hidden in a little baggie under my tongue when it finally catches up with me.
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I'm loving it. I had one bluescreen, but that was with three hard drives, a USB midi keyboard, and a USB DVD-R, so I don't keep all that shit plugged in all the time now.
I've converted 2/4 friends so far. One is loving the hell out of it, and the other guy is getting random lockups three or four times a day. We've tried a bunch of different drivers for a bunch of his hardware, swapped out 90% of the hardware to no avail. The only thing I can chalk it up to is IRQ issues with his two video cards. For the time being, he's moved back to XP 64bit, but he says he'll go back if he can get his computer to not lock up.
The Reliability and Performance Monitor was is the price of admission alone. I'm started to toy with Windows Media Center. I tried to use the extender options with the 360, but Windows Media Center sharing was waaaay less hassle.
Anyway, I'm bored and reinstalling Diablo II.
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Been listening to Scott Biram and The Black Keyes this morning. Need more bands/artists like them, please.
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What time are AT&T stores supposed to be opening on Friday? They aren't waiting till 6pm again to sell them right?
I'd call my local AT&T store but I don't know how to use a phone.
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Quote: Posted 07/10/08 03:02 (GMT) by Chris Priestly
No new info?
There is a new name.
There is a new logo.
There is a new video on the way (with exact day and location given).
There's a couple of newsletters to sign up for.
There's the promise of E3 on teh very near horizon.
Compared to what you had yesterday, that's about 329% more "info" in my book.
Words fail me. At least the video comes out soon.
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only to find them on facebook/myspace years later and they look like this?
http://photos.l3.facebook.com/photos-l3-sf2p/v236/147/117/562176323/n562176323_819976_4944.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v236/147/117/562176323/n562176323_804862_6008.jpg
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Then they cancel my appointment w/o telling me. When I call them on it, they say it is because it is illegal to use the 1394 port on my cable box. What the fuck? Even when I pointed out that U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 47 C.F.R. 76.640 says (4) Cable operators shall: (ii) Effective July 1, 2005, include
both a DVI or HDMI interface and an IEEE 1394 interface on all high definition set-top boxes acquired by a cable operator for distribution to customers, they told me they didn't have to.
Looking online it seems like every person who ever has an issue with their 1394 port gets the run around. The same story with cable card. Ok, so they are retarded. But then they go and say "Lol, no one wants cable card or any of this shit. Look at these low adoption rates!"
Fuck these people.
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Current standings:
nurglich - Magitron (Sorceress) - 1129 pts
Lionel2b - Ramora (Paladin) - 291 pts
DOOManiac - DOOManaic (Barbarian) - 293 pts DEAD but rerolling?
tashtego - SnooYou (Amazon) - No score yet
Tshandy - ??? (Paladin) - No score yet
And a few more who haven't started yet, or at least posted what they're playing. Anyone else can still join in, the contest is purely for zany fun.
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http://rubbishpixels.blogspot.com/
Please come back. :(
Love,
tomservo
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anyone know of a good free hardware scanner program (or an online scanner) ?
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