Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Feb 19, 2009 4:45am PSTOh, hello there Thursday. Glad to see you're doing well.
I picked up Dawn of War II and played a few missions last night. Wow.
Since I've still yet to experience Company of Heroes, the squad and cover mechanics were new to me. And the addition of Diablo-style loot and experience to a strategy game? Plus a branching campaign with time-sensitive missions? Crazy addictive.
My only beef is that Nick and I couldn't get co-op to work. Whenever we tried to start a campaign, the host would crash. After about forty-five minutes of trying, we gave up. Here's hoping it was just some random fluke and that it's all better today.
FileShack: Unity of Command, Skyjacker
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection coming in June
Sony patent would interrupt gameplay to display ad
Weekend Confirmed 114 - Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Lost Planet 3
New Zone of the Enders project underway
February was rather a dry month as far as I'm concerned, but so to not miss out on my game...
Street Fighter IV
or
Dawn of War II
Help me Shack! You're my only hope!
Also taking any suggestions, but I usually try to buy games with longevity and rent the rest...
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Of course, a more specific url for C# is:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/Default.aspx
After he's got a copy of Visual Studio 2008 express installed, I'm also directing him to:
http://www.learn-programming.za.net/programming_cs_learn01.html
And told him once he's got VS2008express edition installed, ask me if he's stuck on anything.
Am I steering him in the right direction?
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Basically when I play Left4Dead online I get a lag type action. For example I will be shooting at a zombie then a few seconds later it will be dead and everyone is infront of me OR a horde will charge at me so I crouch and smack them away however it will suddenly change to my smacking doing nothing and me getting hit by zombies OR I will be shooting a zombie in the distance but then it will change to someone infront of me getting shot by me or it being dead? meh.
My connection is always good [10mb] and I have a green ping. It is JUST like lag though, which really confuses me. I have turned down all of my settings but it still happens.
Spec:
AMD Dual Core 4600+ 2.4 ghz
2 GB ram
Sapphire Ati Radeon 4870 HD
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In the last week i've watched Blade Runner, Total Recall, Johnny Mnemonic, The Running Man, Demolition Man, Event Horizon, Alien, Aliens, The Sixth Day......there's a shed load more that I have seen and enjoyed but I can't remember.
Anyone think of anything in this kinda vein I can watch?
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Whoever posts the picture of the cutest girl with freckles, I will gift them a copy of DoW2 over Steam. This will run until Evening Reading is posted. Please tag all NWS accordingly!
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What shackers are playing? Space is big and lonely :( Can i help you mine?
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He says he thinks his wife is cheating on him. He wants a GPS tracker for her car. Normally I would just call up Veronica Mars for this type of thing but I'm still waiting to find out if her dad was re-elected Sheriff or not.
Any suggestions from the shack private dicks?
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in b4 get a mac
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so my job hired me as a desktop technician. hardware and software support, right? so now three or four weeks, I'm the head of the servers because "I have a very intuitive grasp of computers and technology."
I have no fucking clue what I'm doing. I'm just tossing shit at the wall and hoping it sticks and so far about 70% of it has stuck. But my boss was talking to me about Enterprise Manager and telling me to do this command and that so I just nodded and murmured okays. I am so fucked.
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Axis vs Allies, don't forget to bring your BAG OF DICKS (ask Khan if you don't know what this means!
Starts 7:00pm (PST) and goes until the server dies!
Shack Dallas Server:
IP: 63.209.33.113:27015
Pw: Usual password, in my profile or message .Jayson, Arctic Fox, or Dschinghis Khan.
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I have my 360 hooked up via HDMI to an HDMI->DVI converter which is then plugged into a 2-port DVI switch. My computer is plugged into the other port on this switch. The output on this switch goes to my monitor. Now, if I hook up the 360 via HDMI to an HDMI->DVI converter directly to my monitor (DVI in) it works. However, any time I unplug that connection, the 360 restarts (is this some kind of lame anti-piracy shit?). Probably a related problem is that when the 360 is hooked up through the DVI switch it does not work. This is a real pain in the ass. Does anyone know what's wrong? My computer works fine through the switch.
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http://www.xgenstudios.com/game.php?keyword=icebreaker
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$100,000 for living rent free for years in the home of Rep. Rosa De Lauro (D-Conn.)
And a quote from the article in the NY Post:
"The Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Agency later singled out the Freddie Mac board as contributing to the fraud in 2000 and 2001 for "failing in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention." In other words, board members ignored the red flags waving in their faces.
The SEC later fined Freddie $50 million for its deliberate fraud in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Meanwhile, Emanuel was paid more than $260,000 for his Freddie "service." Plus, after he resigned from the board to run for Congress in 2002, the troubled agency's PAC gave his campaign $25,000 - its largest single gift to a House candidate."
This is the change? the accusations against the Bush administration are sounding a bit hollow in the fact of factual violations.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02172009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/rahms_rent_is_just_the_tip_of_ethics_ice_155536.htm
Read more on my blog http://neocontrarian.com/blog/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGWn8NCATY
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/184/467837058_585076debd_o.jpg
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I definitely was to re-reading the malazan books once the series is done. There's so much info to be gleaned from reading them again. I re-read books 1-4 of the dark tower to prep for the last 3. 5-7 were good, but not as great as 1-4. The ending was awesome though. I'd love to re-read Hyperion sometime. Great series.
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wow
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seems kinda long, wondering if there's something wrong with this new external drive I got , or maybe my USB drivers because it takes a while to copy to flash drives too.
help
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FIX THE FUCKING ADS.
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First night impressions? I only got to play it for a few minutes, so I can't say much aside from I want ti play a lot more.
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Doumit - C, Adrian Gonzalez - 1B, Ian Kinsler - 2B, Zimmerman - 3B, Stephen Drew - SS, Braun/Ellsbury/Damon - OF, Conor Jackson - Util, and Halladay/Verlander my main SPs.
I think I did pretty fuckin good.
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