Evening Reading
by Nick Breckon, May 21, 2009 6:00pm PDTSo who's coming back to TF2 tonight? I'm jumping on as soon as this Kojima teaser wraps itself up.
News:
- Warner bids $33 million for Midway assets
- LittleBigPlanet getting web-based level sharing
- Jack Black promotes Brutal Legend in new video
- PC version of Red Faction: Guerilla officially delayed
- Riddick getting map pack, commentary mode in new DLC
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
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we have a shared garage for everyone who lives in my building. the spot behind me used to be empty, but i guess someone bought a unit and got assigned this spot. every time this guy parks his piece of shit volvo in his spot, he goes over the dividing line between our two spots such that the nose of my car slightly extends out into the 'driveway.' it's not significantly impeding 'traffic', but it's enough to make me worry that my car will accidentally get hit one day.
i left him a note tonight saying "please leave me a little more room so the nose of my car doesn't extend into the driveway." hopefully he doesn't piss on my car. he is parked stupidly though, right?
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Motherboard
Asus P6T
Ram
6G Kit (3x2G) DDR3 1333 Kingston
HD
2 x Hitachi 1 TB
CPU
Core i7 920
Case
Sonata III
Pretty standard i7 build i think. will through in another 6gb ram later on.
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Primary use is mostly in the city carrying newspapers on my route and running down small children. Some use will be off-road, but not hardcode.
Any other specific brand+model I should consider?
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This is part of a model I am texturing for fun:
http://3dheretics.infinitedreamers.co.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=489
Getting to play with displacement maps and specular maps.
Here is a pic of the whole model, without any texturing:
http://3dheretics.infinitedreamers.co.uk/forum/download/file.php?id=419
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Picture for reference http://www.corgibreeder.com/uploaded/images/corgi_puppy/corgi-puppies-sidebyside.jpg (not actual puppies)
Name my puppies, go!
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Don't criticize the quality of Demigod on the Stardock forum or they will ban your account from the forum, the game, and refund your money.
http://forums.demigodthegame.com/352955/page/1/#replies
Because, WarskullX, one of our teammates just got banned for... constructive criticism. There's a thread up about refunds, he posted on-topic with his opinion, in his usual professional demeanor, and got "refunded" out of the game.
If you look at his posts he's one of the most constructive participants on this forum - like the recent thread about helm balancing in multiplayer. Nothing but professionalism and objective contribution. We also played together since buying the game in beta, on an almost daily basis especially in the past few weeks as connection improved.
In reply to one of the employee posts: We do experience disconnects, my favor was still bugged as of Wednesday night, and there is a lack of recognition for many such issues - even with the weekly journals and all your efforts at communication.
Brad decided to terminate a person's account based on one post he found offensive. You can call that post harsh, and strongly disagree with his opinion - but there was no rule breaking involved in posting it. You have moderating procedures to deal with such things.
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Check out these girls' reaction to what's his name not winning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-SjAs9TuJo
Make sure you turn up your speakers so you can catch the subtle nuances. lol
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I hope this guy is right. If he is I'm going to finally join the ranks of iPhone-owning uber nerds in July.
http://daringfireball.net/2009/05/the_next_iphone
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I work for a company that sells personal development software and runs workshops etc. for companies to try and get a better understanding of their employees, blah blah blah.
So today in the office, one of the product development people decides to run an internal workshop, and to get the thing started, all the employees were gathered in the break area, which had the walls adorned with pictures of various leaders through time with their accomplishments listed next to them.
They had our executive team up there next to people like Winston Churchill, Ghandi, Bill Gates and Margaret Thatcher! BAHAHA! The nerve of these people!
They also had Jesus up there which made me lol x10
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Multi-touch screen
Slide out qwerty keyboard
*nix based OS, (I'd like a terminal, that can run/compile anything)
bluetooth tethering
At least 16 gig of memory on board.
At least 256 meg of RAM
5mp Camera, with flash (preferably xenon, but I'd deal with an LED)
Modern CPU (more than 400mhz)
3G / WIFI
A-GPS
A2DP headphone support
Mini USB charging / data connector
Modern OS (background tasks)
TLDR; I want a very small laptop that I can use as a phone ;-)
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I'm not sure I believe it. I enjoy working on my car but I think if I did that for a living, I wouldn't want to do it in my time off. Right now I bake things but I sure as hell don't do it when I come home. Maybe when I'm doing something else for a living, I will.
I bring this up because I'm having trouble figuring out what I want to do with my life (which I'm sure a lot of us do). Work has been frustrating me more than normal lately, and although the money is good; I'm just not sure it is what I want to do long term.
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My favorite is the line behind the picture: President Obama enjoys his new Steelers jersey after making children cry.
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-Stick swings are actually a bit more responsive with less physical effort. Kinda feels floaty and I'm not sure I like that.
-The new ball trail (while in flight), think of it like a mouse trail on your pc, is nice.
-Played the Turnberry 2 holes with the new weather effects (it's raining there now.) Greens slow down due to wet conditions, will be curious if it takes into account actual rainfall when considering how fast or slow the greens will be.
-The new challenge mode is a bit better, after each successful shot you "save" before moving onto the next shot. Probably will make it a lot easier.
-The new putter mode is awesome, moving the stick back up requires accuracy, much like the other shots.
-New practice mode allows you to tune your clubs anywhere on the course, which will be nice considering the 6 new courses they have added.
New courses: Bethpage Black, Hazeltine, Oakmont CC (!), Pinehurst #2 (Sweet), Torrey Pines and Turnberry.
The course graphics look much much cleaner, the water is particularly good.
Same spectators and their animations from 9.
Each hole now has stats for the day so you can see how many people par'd, birdied, etc. Nice idea, would be awesome if it collected stats from people who actually played in the game that day (vs the fake tournaments).
Online tournaments do not appear to allow private tournaments. (BOOOOO!!)
Will be a definite buy as they didn't appear to remove the TW09 features I liked.
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So far what I've noticed missing -
$120 Mp3 player
$150 GPS (gift from work)
Deductible = $500 (so goodbye stuff)
Luckily the damage only appears to be to the window so my deductible will not come into effect.
Waiting for police to get here atm to file a report.
Wondering if I should go to the local pawn shops and look for my crap.
Feel like if I'd caught the guy I would've broken his legs.. and arms.
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http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/05/20/hayden-panettieres-tattoo-is-misspelled/
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Now that school is done, I find myself with some spare time. High time to catch up on some games, I'd say.
What's the new hotness in RTS?
Fallout 3 or Mass Effect first?
Far Cry 2 any good? I enjoyed the first one, but I'm seeing mixed reactions to the second.
Anything else I should be looking into? For PC, btw. Although now that I have some time, I might look into getting a console, but that's a different discussion all together.
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For me, it would be Weezer's Blue Album.
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I have a ton of stuff I need to do this weekend and I have a feeling I am not going to accomplish a fucking thing.
I really did not think I would enjoy this game this much. I'm not a real RPG fan and I still find some of this stuff a little alien, but fuck it, fun is fun.
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Also, 7 way conferencing with Shackers is fucking hilarious.
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I need the shack's input on this game - is it just deathmatch wrapped up with alternate game modes that no one uses, or what?
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My gf and I are visiting your fine (and so far sunny/windy) city at the moment. Is anyone interested in a small shackmeet with some germans? Since we'll be walking around the city the whole day pm me if your interested.
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Anyways, here's something for the late night crew. I'll post this on my site tomorrow, but for now...
http://www.monstunes.com/audio/msmotd/Mons%20-%20Ramble%20(090520).mp3
Unlike most of my stuff, there are no guitars, strings or pianos in sight, just groovy synths. Let me know what you think!
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Not as good as 2, and WAY better than 3...
I'd say it was slightly better than 1.
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