Morning Discussion: Slacker Edition
by Alice O'Connor, Jun 19, 2009 7:00am PDTSlacking on a sunny Friday afternoon--we've all done it. Not us here at Shacknews, no--perish the thought!--but you out there, well, you're probably slacking right now. This is not a recommendation or endorsement of slacking, but should you find your eyes glazing over, why not watch the Monterery Bay Aquarium webcams? A few minutes of cavorting sea otters or prancing penguins could be just what the doctor ordered.
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does anyone want to join me and my girlfriend in some co-op Serious Sam: The First Encounter?
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I know there are some nice ones but you usually don't get them in a cheap laptop. What would be the lowest spec I should aim for? (I guess only ATI / Nvidia are options right?)
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How long do typical games last? I hear that as a n00b I should only be mixing two colors. Is this good advice? Anything else anyone wants to add in terms of tips?
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Any Unix/Linux savvy shackers want to make a real quick $20? I need a script that traverse a directory tree and delete any file that has the same name as another in the directory with the addition of " 1" (space-one) before the file extension.
Background: I accidentally double-imported about 4000 songs into my iTunes library folder and even using the "Show Duplicates" command, it would still take me a long-ass time to delete all of them. I can't just delete every song with a name ending in " 1" because there are a good number of files that legitimately end with that string. It's only a copy if it has the same name as another file plus " 1".
I'm pretty sure I'm running BASH (whatever the OS X default is) but I have PHP and Perl installed. If your script does the trick, I'll PayPal you the $20 or send you a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate (your choice).
Good:
02 The Bends.mp3
18 Yakuza Oren 1.m4a
Bad:
02 The Bends 1.mp3
18 Yakuza Oren 1 1.m4a
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yesterday our stupid politicians passed a law that basically empowers the police to censor websites (horray we are now like iran and china!) and today the guys who censor games and movies (to protect stupid children) are trying to shut down austrian (!!) online game shops (or at least have them removed certain items from their store) because they are selling original uncut games to german customers (like me) over the net.
WTF?? I really need to get away from these nazis.
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apparently across 79 processes I'm up to 3.2GB of memory in use. hahaha. and Nero is still doing something since I burned a bunch of HP/Compaq firmware boot ISOs.
it's so nice to not have to give a shit about micromanaging overhead for once.
let's reboot and see how much shit starts up! I have no idea!
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Anyone have any advice for this guy?
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Super-Serious Co-op Shackbattle tonight
The game - Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
The time - 10-ish PM Eastern tonight
IP: 67.80.19.26
Difficulty: Serious
Enemies will gain 30% health with each additional player. So this shit will be serious.
Come and go as you please, but we're aiming to beat the game.
Are you in?
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You? Your problem is that you're not using Dropbox. Dropbox is a fucking awesome program that gives you a folder that is seamlessly synced across all of your computers you install it on. You can also access all of your files via the website so you can get at them even on a computer you can't install stuff to.
I use it to share a bunch of files between my home machine and my work machine. Basically if you've ever had to email yourself a file so that you can get it at home, Dropbox could be used instead and it's a lot quicker. Just put the file in the folder and forget about it. When you go to your other machine, it'll be there! It also keeps all revisions of every file so even if you delete a file or screw it up somehow, you can get back any of the old versions. You can also have "shared" folders with other Dropbox users, allowing you to share files between yourselves super easy. And last but not least is it gives you a very very easy way to host a file for anyone on the web to download. All you do is put your file in the "public" folder and then right click it and do "copy public URL" and then paste it here. Ideally this should be used for sharing sweet nws goodness with the Shack.
Oh also it's free for 2GB of space.
What's my problem you ask? Well I am dangerously close to hitting the 2GB limit on my Dropbox folder and I've cleaned out anything that I can possibly find that I don't want in there.
Luckily there is a way to solve both of our problems! If you get your free Dropbox account from my referral link, I get more storage space:
https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTI2NjIwOQ
I invite any other Dropbox users to post their referral link just in case people like you more than me and would rather give you the extra space.
Hopefully this isn't nukeworthy, if it is then nuke away :(
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Is that place still legit?
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SOME CALL SIGIL THE CITY OF SECRETS, because everything that can be known is known somewhere in its twisting streets. Some call it the Cage, because it’s hard to get to and hard to leave. Mostly it’s called the City of Doors, thanks to the portals that connect it to the rest of the universe, like the hub of an enormous web of relationships and connections. A few wise souls like to think of Sigil as the microcosm—a tiny reflection of everything that is, everything that has been, and everything that yet could be, represented in the form of an enormous planar metropolis.
- Manual of the Planes - Sigil, City of Doors
RPGA/LFR
Come play, we have lots of room! See this forum for more information:
- http://shackdnd.greglaabs.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9
Campaign Progression
- http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rbncICvVN-foCLTD7WoF0Rw&oid=2&output=image
Shacker D&D Forum
- http://shackdnd.greglaabs.com/forum
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so far ive got some stuff from
The Doors
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Zeppelin
Tom Petty
John Mayall
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i just set it up and it's HUGE. how far away do you guys sit from them? i'm not used to this :(
also, when i got home this is what was on my porch http://www.easyscreens.info/gallery/20090619/1.jpg i checked my debit card and i was only charged for one so i figure they just like me :(
where's a good place for widesceen wallpapers :(
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I wonder if Im getting the same flavour as everyone else and just have a mental block against it, or if my tastebuds are screwy and coffee will never taste delicious. I want to like it, but even stuff like coffee flavoured ice cream tastes nasty to me.
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Businesses dragging their feet and moron luddites clinging to XP infuriate me. I really don't know why, they just do. Reading the comments on this article makes my blood boil: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/19/microsoft-extends-xp-downgrade-availability-to-2011-when-will-i/#comments
These morons haven't used any of the new operating systems for a reasonable period, yet go about spouting their moron opinions all over the internet. STOP IT. STOP IT NOW. XP > Vista > 7. End of story.
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I fucking knew it. There is no way Paramount can quit Tom Cruise. The dude is a license to print money.
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What's the best case for protection. I hear Incase is good.
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173.79.239.92:27022
no password
Anybody play Insurgency?
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Activation took like 5 seconds. It's already ready to go for me :DD
Shit's smooth as hell in comparison to the old one. It's actually pretty crazy. Also, you can enable the battery percentage in the menu on it, as opposed to on my OG which didn't allow me to. Weird.
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http://www.zslayer.com/images/shack/yarrr.jpg
It's 10.5%! What are you mateys drinking this evening??
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All the Olivia Munn clothed Playboy pics
http://thesuperficial.com/2009/06/olivia_munn_does_playboy.php
http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/26301/AA3Game%202009-06-19%2023-59-25-02.bmp
For anyone who is unawares, this is "America's Army 3". THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SACK THE DEV TEAM THE DAY AFTER RELEASE. THEY WILL SABOTAGE YOU.
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Here's a pretty rad "Making of" article:
http://www.nowgamer.com/features/297/the-making-of-mdk
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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/19/telltale-episodic-day-of-the-tentacle-is-feasible/
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