First Post!
by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 20, 2008 3:38am PDT*Big Yawn* Mornin'
So a few of us ignored the hilariously bad Max Payne reviews to go to see the movie yesterday. And well...ugh. It is actually not horrible, or "one of the worst movies ever". But it sure is bad. It doesn't even start out that way. For the few hour or so, it is badly paced and lacks any real action, but at least there is quite a bit there from the game. The general look, certain characters, music, some sound effects, the Roscoe Street subway station. Certain things that make you go "Neat. I can't believe I'm watching a Max Payne movie and there is no action - in fact I think Max has punched people more than he has shot at them so far - but neat."Then there's finally a big action scene, and things really fall apart from there. Unnecessary plot twists, war on terror connections and random baffling adaptation changes. All in all, it just ends up making you sad, because yet again they failed in making a good videogame movie.
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Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
woot.
tetris 1st party credibility : reaquired.
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I won't probably check up on you stupid assholes that think running is cool because I'm going to get something to eat and then I'm gonna collapse on the way to the couch... then I'll probably throw up and pass out until tomorrow morning.
Good evening.
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I'll show you mine:
Efteling - Python
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhpnuGeJtG4
Now show me yours!
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http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple_getamac_beancounter_20081019_480x272.mov
This is pretty fucking lame, in my opinion. McCain style bashing. Microsoft releases ONE positive ad campaign after years of Apple ads, and Apple goes on a ridiculous attack on advertising WITHIN AN AD. Maybe this would make sense if Vista actually needed fixing, or if they didn't release constant updates, but the fact is that they spend a ton of money on updates and Vista works great for an increasingly large number of people.
Does this kind of vitriol win them new customers or please current fans?
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So I've been back in Washington for about a week now, and I have some free time, so I uploaded many of my deployment pictures to Flickr.
Notes:
-Travelled about 60,000 miles
-Launched planes over 7,000 times
-Landed just many (just as impressive of a feat)
-Hosted the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (Adm. Mike Mullen), as well as more 1-3 star Admirals, Generals, and Foriegn Officials then I care to remember.
-Did not embarass the world on our homecoming with a giant banner that said Mission Accomplished (CVN 72 was responsible for that mess in 2003, it was after a 10-month deployment).
-Connected the ship to other ships via fuel lines and commenced transfer of fuels, food, and utility items something like 15 or 20 times.
-214 days away from Everett, I think it was 185-190 days of which were spent floating around away from moorings. We spent about 2 months in the Persian Gulf, and another 2 months floating just outside of the Straits of Hormuz.
-Stopped in San Diego (twice), Singapore, Jebel Ali (United Arab Emirates), Pattaya Beach (Thailand), and Pearl Harbor.
-Went 55 days at one point without seeing land.
If you haven't seen an Aircraft Carrier before, its about 1100 feet long, weighs many tens of thousands of tons, and houses about 5500 people fully manned up. We don't worry about swells unless they are over 20 feet generally.
Enjoy the pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23847854@N07/
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I'm guessing something is going bad on the motherboard, since it was working and now it's not. Could it be something else (RAM, video port, etc)?
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http://www.shackpics.com/files/car004_u1agyiy3m9g41eoyr6gm.jpg
And the next morning, my car!
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Bastard stole my radio, dumbass left the remote though! Thank god they didn't pop the trunk, I have 4 brand new Polk tweeters in their boxes still, and my sub/amp. Finally got the window replaced today for $200 though, and I'm going to try and make the apartment pay for it. We have a garage, but the place was built so shitty and fast that they have yet to put in the gate for it, and security consists of an old man on a cane.
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Are there any albums similar to This Binary Universe? None of the rest of BT's stuff is anything at all alike. I want some ambient, complex, avant-garde electronica which still exists to convey beauty and melody (so no Aphex Twin, for example)...
Suggestions?
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Join us for some good old Axis vs Allies fun!
Starts 9:00pm (EST) and goes until the server dies!
New Shack Dallas Server:
IP: 63.209.33.113:27015
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Still have 9 contract offers that haven't been accepted, and they end in 10 days. I think we're going to lose our long term inactives. Any high level FS/SS/CB want to join us? :)
Season 5 is almost over already, sure went fast.
Tough game for the Lampshades today, but winnable. Be nice to get a home playoff game. I think we are in the playoffs even if we lose our last two games, but it will be close.
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For a long time I searched for a Windows replacement to windows media player because I wanted something minimal for those times that I wasn't watching something full screen and the only program I found that worked for me was Media Player Classic. I've been using VLC on MAC OSX to watch stuff but when I am not full screened it bothers me to see the blue stuff on the window
http://reyestroika.com/images/window.jpg
and would like to either get rid of it if it is a VLC option or use a different program that will give me what I want.
Help.
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There was only 1 part in the game that I became frustrated with and had to play over and over til I beat it The stupid cannons you have to destroy the oncoming asteroids with, but as I moved beyond that, everything was awesome.
I'm really impressed with what these guys have done, a new IP that just done so well coming out of EA. I really hope that this lame embargo on EA doesn't overshadow this game and the team behind it. It truly does deserve the praise.
I look forward to more Dead Space games please.
9.5/10
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48 terabyte array
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So how are the US realms holding up since patch 3.0? Our (EU) realms are running craptastic, which was expected given our history on patchdays. On my realm (yes, mine.. MINE) the arenas are borked (instance not found... yay loss), battlegrounds laggy and the server population has been trimmed to deal with nonperformance. Last night i got to enjoy a 788 queue.
Grrr.
Still, i am totally hot for the Lich Bitch. Got 5,5k gold ready for the Death Knight. Hopefully he'll own fags in the Arena at 80. I'm thinking dual DPS kaboom for 2's (pal/ele sham/mage) and lolcontrol in 3s and 5s (dk/mage/drui/x/x). The only dilemma is... race. Looks like Orc is the way to go, but i'm not sure.
Any other DK rolling arabs willen to share their thoughts?
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I don't think i've ever played such and intensely scary game, horror in games has always been a cheap gimmick but Dead Space did it oh so well.
The monsters could of used some more variety, it seemed like there was bipedal #1/2/3, Baby #1/2, Annoying Wall guys, Brutes and that was about it.
The End Boss was very fucking easy, I was disappointed. Its patters were the easiest to predict in the whole game. It did look awesome though, especially with the asteroid coming down above it and the ending, Thats it? it was like 1 minute... also disapointing
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What are the best Dashboard Widgets ever? Are there any must-haves? Is there a site that keeps track of all the widgets out there and gives rankings?
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WTF come on! he better regenerate from that shit
Damn show!
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Recently I bought Duckman season 1/2 on DVD. I forgot how awesome this show was, though thats probably because I was too young to get half the jokes the first time around. However one episode "About Face" was about him meeting the woman of his dreams who happened to look like roadkill. She gets a makeover and is too good for him (in his words).
The show ended with him promising to meet her for coffee to talk about their relationship. He doesn't go saying she's better off finding someone better. The phone rings and he tells bernice "Let it ring...." and it just goes black while the phone rings several times. Wow. I didn't expect that at ALL from this show, definately made you feel bad for the poor bastard.
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watch out for Mad dog!
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http://www.clinilabs.net/Questionnaires/jetlag_form.asp
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domain menz
i registered a domain with godaddy but my hosting's with dreamhost. they're both expiring soon, but i want one comapny taking care of both resgistration and hosting...how can i do this easily?
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http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/elitexc-nov-8-event-pro-elite-on-rocks-14860
Not surprising, thought it would've happened sooner.
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So far, this is the one I've been making, and I'd love to have suggestions for others!:
1 cup vanilla yogurt (fat-free)
3/4 cup mixed berries (I chose raspberries and blue berries)
1 banana (peeled!)
2 table spoons peanut butter
1/4 cup 1% milk
4-5 ice cubes
Voila! Does anyone else have suggestions for a smoothie nut?
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I'm thinking of getting Far Cry 2 on Steam. Any reason why I shouldn't? That offline mode, it works? How about the backups of the steam files, I remember that used to be totally broken, is that fixed? What about preloading that monster of a game, is it OMGXBOXHUEG? Am I going to be hosed on launch day because I couldn't be bothered to get a physical copy and their bandwidth is hosed?
I haven't gotten any larger games off of Steam lately, so any input on pros/cons welcome.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMyHuCVaRaE
its a running joke where they will cut to it
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