Morning Discussion
by Chris Faylor, Feb 26, 2009 7:22am PSTThursday? Yeah, no problem. I can do Thursday.
Starting to get a bit excited about this weekend's Frisco/Dallas Shackmeet of laser tag, bowling, gelato and doom. Maarten and I are both flying in tomorrow afternoon, as to not miss a moment of the Saturday hijinks. It's my first Shackmeet. Please, be gentle.
In unrelated news, you can now snag Duke Nukem 3D on PC for a paltry $6.
Kinect for Xbox One coming to PC
Xbox One does not provide any built-in DVR capabilities
Xbox One increases friends lists to 1,000
Xbox One achievements dynamic, not limited to single games



I know we could just block ports on the firewall (and this was discussed with the client) but they opted not to do that yet as they want to actually catch the person in the act of playing WoW at work.
We also don't restrict access/usage on these PCs as it used makes it a lot easier for us to manage and maintain, although lately I'm starting to think it would be better if we did restrict certain things on these computers.
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http://louderback.com/2009/how-microsoft-really-murdered-vista/
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thanks
Query: Which will be available in retail channels first - George RR Martin's A Dance With Dragons, or the fabled Duke Nukem Forever?
Subquery: Which will come closer to reaching the lofty expectations set for it? While there's always the stigma of Daikatana hanging around an oft-delayed game, I'm pretty sure DwD is going to have a character named Plaxica who puts a sword through his own leg.
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I tried searching on msdn/google but I couldn't find an answer for this; why can't static_cast upcast/downcast on double ptr's?
class A
{
};
class B : public A
{
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
B** ppB = NULL;
A** ppA = static_cast<A**>(ppB);
return 0;
}
says:
error C2440: 'static_cast' : cannot convert from 'B **' to 'A **'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
but
B* pB = NULL;
A* pA = static_cast<A*>(pB);
works.
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Whats the most obscene loadout anyone amongst you has managed to put together?
Right now, I've got Avitus in Terminator garb, the Armor Of Azariah with The Benediction Of Fury assault cannon mounted.... in addition to the Psalm Of Decimation}b purity seal.....
stats read
health 331
health regen 12.1
ranged damage 2067
Melee damage 333
Melee skill 51
Energy 335
Energy regen 7.5
2067?!?!?!?!?!?!?! HOLY FUCK
I have not yet deployed him with this... tool, this.. instrument, if you will, of sheer killage.. but... I'm looking forward to trying it out :)
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http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/11/vanilla-ice-mc-hammer-join-forces-for-one-night-hammer-pants-and-ice-show/
Not only do I have a free ticket, I also have a press pass for photos, and a backstage pass to party with them after the show.
Now, I know you guys are going to reply with a lot of discontented internet snark, but I also know deep down you are all jealous. I plan to rassle with Robert Van Winkle, and lead Stanley Burrell to believe that he has lead me to accepting Jesus Christ as my personal savior or whatever it is.
It really doesn't get much more rad than this. And I do use the word RAD with purpose.
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I'm going to play some w/ a buddy tonight. I've taken an interest in Crimson Viper. Her moves are different but she's been pretty refreshing to play. Some of her combos are tied to cancelling her high jump (HJC) which may prove too difficult for my slow fingers but we'll see. Any other CViper players here? I know tastywheat was into her a bit at the start.
Genjuro, I can 100% see you playing abel. He's a lot like alex. Speaking of character similarities, isn't El Fuerte a lot like Guy? remember Guy's running throw? And C.Viper bears some similarities to makoto in SF3. Not sure who Rufus is like, but I enjoy watching his belly bounce. I play him for laughs, but I doubt you'd see too many serious rufus players around.
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Me and a friend are driving over tomorrow morning and leaving Sunday.
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Someone suggest to me an excellent Science Fiction (Think The Dreaming Void) or Fantasy (Temeraire series) book to be my first Kindle purchase. I need help.
Anyone read Forgotten Truth before? Is it excellent and filled with dragons and win?
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Can someone tell me the button sequence to pulloff the following combo?
"Crouching Medium Kick cancel into Light Kick Hurricane Kick, Hard Punch Dragon Punch"
More specifically I am trying to figure out what 'cancel into L-Hurricane kick' means. Do I have to do an FADC to cancel out? or do I just do crowchinf medium kick immediately followed by a light hurricane kick?
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I stole adapted the design from a certain roadside advertisement most of us are familiar with.
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Music lovers! What is the most beautiful song you've ever heard? One you love listening to for its splendiferous nature?
Mine would have to be Bon Iver - Re: Stacks. I can't stop listening to it.
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So i got this portable 2.5'' hard drive last weekend. It was cheap like 100 usd.
But damn its so fucking slow
http://www.shackpics.com/files/slooooooow_sykw4zh0lwvg466dob42.jpg
Maximum speed i can get is over 1.5 MB / sec which gets me more than 1 hour to transfer 5 gigs!
Shouldnt this be on the 3 or 4 megs per sec??
I'm not even doing anything else with the computer. Just copying these files.
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Somehow that slipped through the Halo Wars editors.
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manual transmission
minimum 300bhp
room for 4
I think this puts me in Inifinty G37 sedan territory but I just don't like that cars looks =(
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http://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/
Still my favorite two YTMNDs ever.
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The forum isn't very helpful either.
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Rather good fun. The most visually impressive game I've seen asides from Crysis. The shooting is excellent too, and I like the difficulty of the AI. Very gritty game. MP seemed quite fun from the 10 minutes I got in. Hooray for objectives!
I'm not too clued up on the story though. I never played Killzone 1. Who are the Helghast and why is this war going on?
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(probably not appetite safe for some)
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My awesome office chair has only one problem. The height control on it no longer works, and When I set the height it slowly creeps to the bottom as I sit in it. The second I get out of the chair it begins to rise until it reaches the setting I actually want it at. Now to nip the "Lose weight Fatty" comments in the bud, I am 6'1" and 150 LBS, so no I am not to heavy for it.
Is it the air canister or what ever it's called? and is it something I can easily fix, or do I need me a new chair?
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