Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Oct 22, 2008 6:00pm PDTThere really isnt as much appreciation of hump day around here as there should be. It
is completely awesome and I like awesome. Thats why I like you guys so much. AWESOME.
- Scotch tape emits
x-rays
- 150,000 ideas
href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/10/22/google.project.update/index.html">sent to
Google
- Texas Tech grabbing kids from the crowd
href="http://texastech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=866497">to kick
- Stock market
href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6090077&page=1">still sucks
As for the the videogame news around these parts:
- Team Fortress 2 updated
- Amazon.com going in to digital
game distro
- Star Wars and Warhammer MMO on
consoles
? - Deus Ex 3 may be PC exclusive
- Rockstar tried to block Max Payne
movie
- Rock Band DLC: Presidents of the
United States
- Retailers hate huge game
controllers
- American McGee wants a cart-racing
MMO
! - Full Lips tracklist
- Sins of a Solar Empire expansion
screenshots
- E3 2009 back to big and bloated
- Skate 2 trailer
- Gamers date and have fun
- Mortal Kombat 2 PS3 pulled from
PSN
- Sacred 2 PC release date
Lastly, I checked out Far Cry 2 for a few minutes and hope to give it more time tonight
or this weekend. Not sure what I think yet except that Crysis Warhead looked a bit better.
Also the mouse input sucks laggy as hell as 1920x1200 but works at 1280x800.
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
I didn't think I'd like the black, but I'm warming up to it.
Transferring all my save games from one box to the next with just a memory card was a giant pain in the ass. But once that was done, the online license transfer tool was unbelievably easy to use.
For some reason my "Games Library" is loading up a ton faster than it used to.
It's also about 5x quieter than my older model (from Oct 2006).
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http://www.kfor.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=3056369&h1=Wednesday's%20NewsChannel%204%20@%2010:00%20p.m.&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=562400&LaunchPageAdTag=News&activePane=info&rnd=37350242
Rite around the 5 minute mark of the video a deputy stops and asks for directions. Dog runs towards deputy and deputy shoots dog(shown in the video). Woman files suit against county and they dismiss it at first but when she shows them the video they quickly change the story and tell her to keep quiet and offer her money.
One of the sad things about this though is that officers and deputies are actually defending this and don't come out against him.
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The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic, was a financial crisis that occurred in the United States when its stock market fell close to 50 percent from its peak the previous year. Panic occurred during a time of economic recession, when there were numerous runs on banks and trust companies. The 1907 panic eventually spread throughout the nation when many state and local banks and businesses entered into bankruptcy. Primary causes of the run include a retraction of market liquidity by a number of New York City banks, loss of confidence among depositors, and the absence of a statutory lender of last resort.
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MS just released an Out of Band Security Bulletin, that pretty much applies to ALL of their OS's with any Service Pack.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-oct.mspx
I'm kind of a big deal
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/22/lost-season-5-trailer/
zomg
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I'm about an hour in. Initial thoughts.
+ The game is very, very pretty.
+ There is going to be a lot to do. Lots of killing and collecting and unlocking and upgrading.
+ There is a LOT of traveling between points.
+ The FOV issue is somewhat restricting in vehicles, but once you get used to it there's not much of a problem.
+ The controls feel a little odd at first. The aiming has a weird acceleration aspect to it and I am having a problem aiming precisely. This, again, I will get used to.
Had to stop for now to cook dinner and watch some TV, but I'm looking forward to playing more.
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midgetherder sure holds a grudge
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http://weburbanist.com/2007/11/24/sink-or-swim-5-submerged-and-floating-seaworthy-hotels-for-the-adventurous-urbanite/
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FABLE 2 SUCKS...
...because I can't stop playing it. holysweetjesus.
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Apparently the WolTK world event has started on a few US realms. Haven't seen anything on our little EU realm yet, but that could also be cause i wasn't playing at 00:00. ;-)
* Zombies will randomly spawn in the world (and near cities) and infect anyone they damage.
* People infected by zombies can either get cured by other players or by Argent Healers deployed in most of the zones.
* If a player or NPC isn't cured within 10 minutes ... He will turn into a zombie !
* Players changed into zombies have access to a new set of skills to let them attack and infect other players. They become friendly with other zombies and hostile to all player factions.
Zombies!
http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=22682.0
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I only caught the last 3 innings, but it was a decent game. Not the LA/Boston series I was hoping for, but the entertainment potential is there. Chase "Boo? Fuck You!" Utley had an impressive game.
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App Idea #1 is basically a simple online banking app that gives you a quick view of your bank's website and shows you your current checking and savings account balances and any credit cards you have with that company. It would obviously have to be passworded and encrypted for safety's sake, but basically it should just be a quick way for you to get an updated and upt-to-date glance at where your accounts are at.
The second App Idea is an overall credit card organization app. I, probably like many people, have multiple credit cards from multiple companies. I'd like an app where I could add my different cards to the app and get a quick way to view my account balance, credit limit, due date, minimum due and APR. You could probably get way more complex with it and work in a system where the app recommends balance transfers depending on what your specific cards offer and the different APRs of your cards. It could give you recommendations of which card(s) to pay off first in order to more quickly kill debt. It could give you warnings when your bill is close to due or when you're getting too close to your credit limit. Different stuff like that.
Is there anything like that out there already? And if not, what do you think of the ideas?
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Wootoff still going on...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4wQfQtpDAc
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I think I am addicted. :( :) :) :) Does anyone know how I can make good money so I can buy everything... uh... everywhere?
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Day 1(after midnight pickup): Play for 2 hours, get used to the game, think its pretty meh.
Day 2: Come home after work, experiment with coop, hate the camera, but play for 6 or so hours.
Day 3: Call off work work, haven't slept for 24 hours, beat the game, think I could possibly have issues related to videogames, hate the choice I made at the end of the game, instead of sleeping after 24 hours continue to stay up and start another character, play until 3am.
Day 4: Finally go back to work, feel like shit.
Rofl :(
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