Morning Discussion

by Chris Faylor, Feb 09, 2009 7:30am PST

A new week has dawned, and this one promises bikini-clad zombie slayers.

As expected, my enjoyment of Burnout Paradise is significantly higher after the latest patch. Hooray for the option to restart an event, instead of driving halfway across the map to try again. I sat down to play for a few minutes and ended up losing a few hours.

However, this will put force me to make a difficult call later in the week. Car crashes or zombie killing? I honestly don't know if I'll be able to decide. Both sound so appealing.

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By: Steve Gibson x Show Full Post

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so what do you do when you suddenly have free time? take on new responsibilities!

our new puppy alice
http://www.shacknews.com/images/steve/alice.jpg

Feb 09, 2009 9:24am PST

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so what do you do when you suddenly have free time? take on new responsibilities! our new puppy alice ... : Steve Gibson
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- woof : electroly
- Puppies are awesome. Golden Retriever? : ColoradoCNC
- oh man awesome. Looks just like my golden did when she was a puppy : bozer
- awesome! i hear videogames are fun too! : Fish_Bulb
- great, another irresponsible dog owner in the comments. : haiku
- starting up dognews.com? : NexusOne
- Alice? The puppy looks more like a Maggie. : pigvomit
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  haha you're screwed. retrievers are awesome but sneakily smart and love to randomly hurl themselves into ... : [fry]
  - Best dogs ever. <3 : Yanks
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  Someone needs a shave. : Beady
  - first thing I noticed too. LOL a Fem-sideburns. : Skoal^Fyfan
  - ditto - please don't ban us... : dedgecko
- OMG! How are Alice and Maddie getting along? : dognose
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  Are you doing something new with your hair, Steve? : Caoster007
  - He's going back to the pomapdour look. : Lone Swordsman
- there could have been a joke about blaming server issues on the dog, but alas :( : Downforce
- Buy some tennis balls and be prepared to hurl them for the rest of its life. : DonarUDL
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  Shouldn't you be looking for a job? : mancide
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    I'll bet he's looking for a yacht instead :( : Postal
    - shopping for a new yacht is so hard it feels like a job. i have it so rough :( : Steve Gibson
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    I heard they paid him something like ten THOUSAND dollars for the site. I'm pretty sure he's all set. : Zakko
    - yeah man, that's like a billion gum balls. : Nali4Freedom
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      i'll be super sizing every time i go through the drive through. without even THINKING about it. : Steve Gibson
      
      Living the dream of every man here I tell you. : Chod
      
      envy : Zakko
      
      I got some mad Adsense money from Google the other day I went straight to Wendy's : ThomW
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  goldens are awesome, i'd like to get one once the herd here thins a bit. : Dave-A
  - also, why "Alice"? Is it American McGee's Golden Retriever? : Dave-A
- oh man, such a friendly-looking pup :) : Postal
- You know this is your test from your wife to see if she wants to have kids with you right? : marblehead
- Cute dog, have fun vacuuming up all its hair. I had an English Springer Spaniel, loved that dog. I'll pro... : hoov1185
- Nice! Golden's are fucking crazy the first year, have fun! : twifosp
- super fucking cute! : orgcaptainnemo
- Cute puppy. Makes me want another one. : pun][sher
- adorable. train her early and keep her trained, or she'll walk all over you. Typical golden behavior. : Xanthos
- that dog is waiting for her mouth to get within tongue licking distance, i have no idea why dogs feel the... : qwpeoriu
- alice needs to make an appearance at the shackmeet! maybe as the lazer tag team mascot : Audhuml4
- rest of series plz : dahanese
- Aww pretty puppy! : helvetica
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  Was running the site really that much of a time/energy drain? It seems like you had most of the work dele... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Considering they're running a website that generates hundreds of thousands of hits a day with a staff of ... : Yanks
    - So do you sit around and stare at the server waiting for shit to break? Hundreds of thousands of hits... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Not to knock Steve or anything, but I've pretty much deconstructed this post ( http://www.shacknews.com/l... : mancide
    - lol : Yanks
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      wtf... : cltcprd
      
      ^^^ this ^^^. WTF : Downforce
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      also this is purely a joke, and I'm sure that running a business for so long just took a toll on him. I k : mancide
      
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      good cover up but i don't think anyone's going to buy that. don't worry, i'm sure we all just pity you, a... : dahanese
      
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      I'm not covering up, that was meant to be in reply. : mancide
      
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      is this like the shack version of a freudian slip? : Xanthos
      
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      No, it's like to make sure everyone gets that post was tongue-in-cheek and not me being an asshat to Stev... : mancide
      
      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19124517 : Ride-My-Rocket
      
      Good catch, dahanese; you sure exposed him right quick! : c0bra
      
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      good grief why has the shack turned completely serious lately? Normally if someone posted something like... : deathofrats
      
      no. It's because we are all very low on iron. Blood is tasty. : Fyunch Click
      
      Yea, I made sure to put the disclaimer since it was about Steve and people might not get that I was just ... : mancide
      
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      dahanese is the official shack buzzkill : mwasher
      
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      Just the other day she and mikecyb were watching Chris Rock videos and dahanese says "You know, black peo... : tashtego
      
      hahaha. : mittense
      
      lol : mwasher
      
      rofl : ateam311
      
      lol : boring gegtik
      
      This post is awesome. : spazzium
      
      lol : haiku
      
      Haha : ieGod
      
      lolol : Phil
      
      Hahaha : Nitrium
      
      all aboard the lol train! : snicker-snack 2
      
      hahahahhahahahahah : orgcaptainnemo
      
      laughing my ass off : mr.sleepy
      
      lol this 1000 times. : virus
      
      oh man that is so great : handofthrawn
      
      *clap of fervor* : Bamtan
      
      lolol : sKetchflow
      
      haha. (I wonder if I can install lolscript on this remote plugin) : kaddar0
      
      lol...that's awesome : ColoradoCNC
      
      loooooooooool : RikiTiki2
      
      Gamefly :( : Katarn3279
      
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      Dude, it's dahanese. Being overly serious is her shtick. : ColoradoCNC
      
      there's a difference between being serious and a fuckface, colorado! also: dude. : dahanese
      
      You really are on your game lately, let me tell you. I honestly didn't know that you were this brilliant ... : ateam311
      
      can't we all just get along? peace? gg? : retarded talking dinosaur
      
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      Oh for fuck sake dude, come on, he was joking. : ejectorpod
      
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      dude?!?! : noobja
      
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      DUDE?????!??!?!??!``111 : datoo
      
      I call everyone dude :( : ejectorpod
      
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      dude. just. dude. : dahanese
      
      REALLY? DUDE! REALLY? WOW!!>!>!>>!>>> DUDE!!!!!!!! : datoo
      
      lol : Ride-My-Rocket
      
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      glad you pointed that out... it seems like it's time for him to focus on his family, and that's cool, even if we hate that the site got sold. it happens. :/
      
      Feb 09, 2009 10:14am PST
      
      glad you pointed that out... it seems like it's time for him to focus on his family, and that's cool, eve... : perstephanie
      
      I thought it was a joke up until that last sentence. :/ : mittense
      
      still embarrassing but not really : Ride-My-Rocket
    - Running a business from HOME is a huge time sink, you(me) never walk way. You are always 20 yards from yo : Slowtreme
    - thanks for posting this, I didn't know steve posted that. i have tons of respect for him, at some point y... : packav
    - * C L A Y ' D * : Super Sparker
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    i'm sure the ad deals and other revenue generating portions of this site too time, and what's wrong with ... : dahanese
    - I never said anything was wrong with selling, I would have done the exact same thing. I'm sure that he's ... : MagicWishMonkey
    - more pics of pancake please : jbury
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      dahanese should have a subtitle of "offended" on all her posts : retarded talking dinosaur
      
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      who's offended :-( : dahanese
      
      ^ "who's offended :-( : dahanese" : boring gegtik
      
      Seriously, was she like this before she moved to San Francisco? I sense a connection. : MagicWishMonkey
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      hey why are you being so menstrual today?? I don't really see anything antagonizing or suggestive in thes... : haiku
      
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      Maybe she should sit on a box of lobster ravioli : MagicWishMonkey
      
      hahahaha oh god the shack combos can be epic : Downforce
      
      hHAHAHAHAHA awesome : Ride-My-Rocket
      
      fuckin' hell, i snorted in the computer lab i work at. : MurrayTheSkull
      
      ...today? : virus
      
      hahahah : AlexXdude
      
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      i wasn't being a jerk in that post go pick on the ones where i was haiku i'm sure you have plenty of ammo... : dahanese
      
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      You were Haiku? Curious. : Jonathan
      
      sometimes in my dreams :-( : dahanese
      
      i probably shouldn't have read this while i was eating, oh dear. : choppp
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    He's mentioned a couple times that he dealt with the advertising and general hardware and software mainte... : Prozium
    - That makes sense, I guess stuff must break a lot more often than I realize : MagicWishMonkey
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    I think you'd have to own a business to really understand how it can be all consuming. : vynn
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      Uhh, yea I've owned a business before (started right out of college, lasted 2 years before I threw in the... : MagicWishMonkey
      
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      And did you perceive the shack to be doing so well that Steve could do that? : vynn
      
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      Yes, you don't need a full time employee, you could put a decent system admin on retainer for $1000 a mon... : MagicWishMonkey
      
      I don't mean to say it's the case for every small business, I just never saw the shack to be so profitabl... : vynn
  - Yes, running a business is a huge time/energy drain. When you work for someone else, you're done at 5 PM ... : sikander
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    there were surely enough easy days mixed in there but i was really just ready for a change and vacation t... : Steve Gibson
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      I understand completely, I'm sure the uncertainty of not knowing if you would get a full nights sleep due... : MagicWishMonkey
      
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      2am just last friday morning for example! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19138571 : Steve Gibson
      
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      Yea that shit is for the birds, good luck with your future endeavors, hopefully you can use some of your ... : MagicWishMonkey
      
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      oh no business for me. time to work for someone else. probably do something on the side with maarten i... : Steve Gibson
      
      Appelflappen Wholesale? : ejectorpod
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      if the site was profitable, did you ever consider hiring someone to do your dirty work (server maint, ad ... : ]pm[chem
      
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      fuckit dude, if the lottery guys ask you take the lump sum. assuming you have some level of self control. : Steve Gibson
      
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      Damn right. Regardless of whether GameFly takes things in a direction that the community doesn't care for... : Vincent Grayson
      
      Fuck yeah - straight cash homie. Don't blame him one bit. : virus
      
      It is my dream to someday have the opportunity to sell out. : Ebu
      
      fair enough! : ]pm[chem
      
      And when there's no guarantee of future payment. : lechuck59
- i wish i had a dog : Mmmmmoo
- I love puppies : Just A Girl
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  Does it play well with Maarten? : chazums
  - that IS maarten. You're so insensitive!!! : moshman
- D'awwwwwwwww :D : tomservo
- Cool, Steve!!!!!!! : CrustaR
- awwwww : anthonybean
- You didn't name her Captain Roofles? Shame on you, sTeve :( : c0bra
- AHH CUTE AAAHHHH :D :D :D : virus
- So..uh how long until you drop him? : risimage
- Steve you grew your hair out : Katarn3279
- dark golden <3 : thebigbeefsandwich
- beautiful puppy! i love goldens *woof* *woof* : retarded talking dinosaur
- that is one bitchin' cutie. Dog ain't bad either. : ejectorpod
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  Who's the chick with the sideburns? : geneshifter
  - hairy is beautiful. : DJ Clipdat
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    haha wow, it seriously does look like she has sideburns there. crazy. it's just odd hair placement though... : Steve Gibson
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      http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/malcatrazz/sideburns.jpg : PapaBoo
      
      that chick is fugly as hell : MagicWishMonkey
      
      http://www.shackpics.com/files/1229391_lqcw1lkot1hn1h301tan.jpg : SlamDunk
      
      I'd hit it. : thekidd
      
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      Aaah! Is that nose hair, or a moustache? : cerealSAM2
      
      nostache. Goes with the hair growing out of his ears into the lambchops. : Fyunch Click
      
      Why do I look at that and think "German as fuck" : fishbone
    - yup, I agree! : geneshifter
  - women can have sideburns. http://www.hji.co.uk/hjimages/images/qhs337/hji/medium/1971-short-sideburns.jpg : uglysad
  - rofl : feek
  - I lol'd this even though you're paying for a big party that I'm going to Steve. : spazzium
- Nice puppy! I wish I was at a point in my life that I could have a puppy again. :( : randomjgj
- yay puppy :) I miss my goldens :( : mtgDoofy
- Very cute! : Reavers!
- aw, looks like a cute pooch : terath
- this week is my vacation, and I'm going to Dallas: http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=5495 : the archvile
- Holy fuck cute. : sKetchflow
- I can't see that well, can you make that picture JUST A LITTLE BIGGER? : chiisu81
- http://tallerthanaveragetales.blogspot.com/2006/07/exercise-discipline-affection-in-that.html Very imp... : kek
- Steve, here is what you have to look forward to http://www.vimeo.com/3089596 My dog looks almost exact... : bozer
- He got it for A MILLION DOLLARS! : Liquid
- Dude, if that's all Gamefly gave you, man... : Rotten Deadite
- Excuse me, Sir. May we please have additional photographs of the adorable puppy? : mathyou
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  you save up to buy shacknews back off gamefly : spaceyme
  - lol, like Sam Malone in Cheers... : Antilles_Prime
- What's next cap'n? Did you ever finish that degree? Is that something you'd be interested in doing? : systatic

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