Morning Discussion
by Jeff "geedeck" Gondek, Jul 11, 2008 2:21am PDTHappy Friday everyone, looking forward to wrapping this week up? More than a few Shackers are probably sitting in lines as we speak, with the iPhone 3G launch going on today. While the game selection is interesting if not glorious, I'm hoping the platform becomes a home to lo-fi gaming. More lawsuits have come out of the woodwork for EA and Rock Band, this time from Konami and they even want to keep us from playing it. Can't say that warms the cockles of my heart. Also we're going to take another shot at this whole Guitar Hero contest things today, so look for that later on.
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GREASEMONKEY AHOY
Thread Watcher v1.0
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shack_thread_watcher.user.js
This script allows you to "watch" a thread in a separate tab, meaning that it will automatically refresh every 60 seconds and update the title of the tab when there are new posts.
When you open a single thread in a new tab, the root post will have a nifty yellow refresh icon:
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shackthreadwatcher/watchericon.png
If you click that icon, it will start spinning around. The title of the page will change to show a "summary" of the thread you are watching (the first few words of the root post.) Every 60 seconds while the Thread Watcher is on, the thread will automagically refresh. If there are any new posts, the title of the page will change to indicate how many new posts have been made since you last checked. Observe:
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shackthreadwatcher/threadtitles.png
As soon as you click on any post in the thread to read, the count will reset to zero.
Known Bug:
x If you reply to the thread or manually refresh the thread, the watcher icon will disappear. If the watcher was enabled, it will come back on the next auto-refresh. If it wasn't enabled you'll need to F5 the page to get it back.
Please note:
You must open a thread in a new tab to watch it! This script does not do anything on the main chatty page.
Install it here!
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shack_thread_watcher.user.js
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25570106/
With fuel and delivery costs rising, food manufacturers are faced with raising their prices or giving you less, and it seems that less is the growing trend.
It's pretty funny. I think they understand that we are more price sensitive than we are quantity sensitive. It's like, when we see a product on the shelf, we accept it as the product and expect a certain price, and don't pay close enough attention to the size of the item. Judging from some of the packaging I've seen, they make it look the same, yet it weighs different.
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aww yeah. about to go see
1) circle jerks - never seen them, dont care too much either way, but i know they're oldschool
2) dillinger four - probably the best current punk band. seen them about four times before. apparently they finally have some new songs after like 7 years
3) paint it black - members of kid dynamite, one of my favorite bands. seen them once before and they were awesome. local to philly.
4) matt and kim - really catchy and fun. seen them a couple times before, including once with like 8 people. now they're really popular, and i even heard them used as intro/outro music on public radio's marketplace a few days ago
5) some other bands and stand up comics (??)
should be good times.
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I'm thinking about upgrading my gaming tv tonight. Anyone have any experience with this model?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889102198
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Are there any decent cities within an hour of a decent beach on the east coast? I'm fucking sick of boring fucking Central PA.
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Four classes are going to removed from the game, along with all the capital cities except the Empire and Chaos capitals.
Needless to say, I'm annoyed. But I'd rather have that taken out than something important to core gameplay, like public quests.
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http://www.ibabuzz.com/beer/2008/07/10/pliny-the-elder-in-bottles-has-arrived-at-ledgers-in-berkeley/
pliny the elder in bottles.
I'm going to SF city beer to see if they have it.
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Current standings:
Tshandy - Arthur (Paladin) - 2781 pts
Grumbeld - Ezekiel (Paladin) - 1800 pts Can you post your actual levels?
Lionel2b - Ramora (Paladin) - 1797 pts
nurglich - Magitron (Sorceress) - 1656 pts
Kaerof - Ukeelmi (Sorceress) - 668 pts
DHAvatar - UndeadAvatar (Necromancer) - 578 pts
tashtego - SnooYou (Amazon) - 482 pts
Wombat Woo - Assbat (Assassin) - 478 pts
DOOManiac - DOOManaic (Barbarian) - 293 pts *DEAD*
Sorry I missed a post last night. Remember to post when you use rerolls.
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Where the hell did Use Rope go in 4.0? I have a skill challenge I'm trying to set up that requires a decent amount of work with rope but there's no skill that really addresses it. Suggestions?
Also, in before: nerd/dork/idiot/geek/unwashed flabby white guy
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[ lol ] - Teh LOL. Click this button when something made you laugh. While, a real laugh is an instant click, giggles if you laughed after reading it over again can also be counted. If you just smirked do us all a favor and don't click it, as it probably is not funny.
[ inf ] - The INF. Some of you are confused about this. While the mods will INF humor from time to time, it's because there's no humor button for the mods. So, we have LOL for funny, that means I shouldn't see the same damn non-funny shit on the inf pages. Oh, and it should be informative too. Like you read the post and went "HOLY FUCK WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THAT BEFORE?" or "OH MY LIFE IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF THIS SLICE OF FRIED GOLD THAT SOMEHOW ROSE ABOVE THE SHIT IN THE LATESTCHATTY!" Those posts are worth of an inf.
Anyway, just thought I'd take this time to point this out... and also update your script if you haven't!
http://lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shack2007/shack-lol.user.js
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- ride to Missoula. there i will drink some beer, eat a steak, and sleep
- next day ride to sturgis, check into the buffalo chip for 3 nights, see Lynyrd Skynyrd, see biker chick boobies, get drunk, stagger around
- visit Deadwood SD, buy a t-shirt, gamble at the Gem
- visit Mt. Rushmore, gawk for a minute
- visit Cody WY, visit the gun museum
- visit Yellowstone, gawk at the pretties and avoid getting chased by buffalo
it is going to be awesome.
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One of my friends is looking at grabbing a cheapish keyboard to re-learn to play and mess around with a little bit in her spare time (small apartment + college student). However, neither she nor I knows jack shit about keyboards right now.
She's looking at this:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-YPG-225-76-Key-Portable-Grand-Keyboard-103870341-i1155033.gc
Short version, is there any reason to grab something like that for a newbie over a cheaper one like the $200 ones on there? Besides less keys.
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Forget your guy/girl/transexual problems and join us for some good old Axis vs Allies fun!
Starts 7:30pm (PST) and goes til the server dies.
Shack St. Louis Server (provided by Chem):
IP: 128.252.127.44:27015
Pw: dodshack
Hot Chicks, Cold Beer and Hardcore (dod:s) Fights!
Ask Bruno for the Hot Chicks and Cold Beer
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17381861#itemanchor_17381861
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I'm in NYC now (well, I'm staying in Jersey City with a fellow friend/shacker).
Would love to get something together with some shackers, maybe just drinks or dinner.
Anyone interested? I'm here until next Saturday. I don't have too much access to a computer constantly but I'll be checking this thread a bit later tonight and maybe we can get something going.
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Copy Source v1.0
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shack_copy_shacktags.user.js
Have you ever wanted to repost something from an older chatty, and find it annoying that you have to retype all of your shacktags in to the post? Have you ever seen someone post a neat looking bit of shacktaggery and wanted to be able to easily reproduce it? If so, this script is for you!
This script adds a tiny button on the bottom right of every post, labeled "copy_src":
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shackcopyshacktags/copy_src_button.png
Clicking that button will copy the post's source code in to whatever reply box you currently have open. If you don't have one open it will open one for you. Never before has been easier to make an evening repost of your wonderfully formatted announcement. Observe!
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shackcopyshacktags/copied_src.png
Install it here!
http://www.apartment167.com/overload/greasemonkey/shack_copy_shacktags.user.js
Known bug:
Sometimes the load_img link isn't added to the first comment you click on in a thread. You can just click on a different comment and then back on the first one again and it'll be there. I'm sure it's an easy fix but I'm too lazy to figure it out right now.
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Add me and post your URLs if you still use it.
http://twitter.com/fpsdavid
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http://forums.hellgatelondon.com/showthread.php?t=106630
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http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?s=5bfd6ba23fe5d3698be1928a484fcd6e&t=18829&highlight=gotw
jesus christ, i want to know how the hell this was done.
11 turns?
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I'm sure most of you know this, but for those that do not, a web conference / web presentation more often than not is a glorified remote desktop sharing application. The vast majority just share your desktop so that you can run Power Point, etc. Some are more advanced but that is the general idea.
So, when using a webinar (ugh) program like this, it is a good idea to close everything non essential during your presentation. You don't want your Southwest Airlines alert to pop up in the middle of your screen while you are working, or your e-mail alerts, or especially your instant messages.
This lady didn't get that memo. While we were jabbering away she had an IM come in that showed her previous chat history. We didn't get a chance to read it all because we were too busy scrambling for the mute button so they couldn't hear us laughing our asses off.
"Would it make you feel any better if I sucked your dick?"
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I'm doing some research to see what is involved in having a short code setup and then having the ability to send out a fuck ton of SMSs.
I see there is a FOSS SMS gateway called Kannel and a lot of expensive as fuck pieces of software that do about the same damn thing.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3483521
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OXZCoeOQoQ
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Remember that time the giants intentionally walked Derrek Lee to pitch to Aramis Ramirez...
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_07_11_sfnmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=wrap#boxscore
Yeah you deserve that pose when you disrespect the best hitter on the team.
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Sounds like it has some potential
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Who is watching...
I wanted to try to watch all of Season 4 on DVD before Season 5 started, but that just won't happen. I dunno why they waited till this week to release it on DVD. I hate shows that do that!
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FUCK YEAH!
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The Grand Cru has it's playoff hopes on the line again. Over the last two games we've lost and then regained the final playoff spot in our conference. It looks like we have to win at least one of the final two games to get locked in to the post season and unfortunately the schedule hasn't really favored us. Todays game is against the #3 team in the Western Conference and the final regular season game has us facing the 2nd place team in the Eastern Conference. If our offense can make a quick strike today and force them to start passing, I think we have a good shot at the win since we've got a pretty decent secondary.
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A) Mass Effect
B) PGR4
C) DMC4
I just can't decide :(
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