Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Jul 27, 2009 7:00am PDTI always find moving house exhausting. Especially when the car breaks down at traffic lights at the bottom of a hill on a single-lane road and you need to transfer everything over to a loan car then there's an accident on the motorway and traffic is so bad that you manage to travel only nine miles in three hours, baking in the Summer sun all the while.
Still, that's out of the way now. Monday ho!
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Let me first say that I've been a cell phone luddite, somewhat intentionally, for the last 10 years. Even when they started to become a really big deal around 2002 or whenever that was I still didn't really want one. I bought my first-ever cell phone, a Motorola RAZR, in 2007 when I moved to California because then it finally made sense to have one. Even then, I resisted having it. I'd forget to take it with me, forget to charge it, not answer it promptly, etc. etc. etc.
Well, fast forward to today and I'm singing a pretty different tune. With the wider availability and improved systems for internet over the phone plus perks like GPS (oh god I've wanted this so bad), I felt like I was ready to take the serious cell phone plunge.
So far, I'm really impressed. I know jack about other kinds of phones so my perspective is coming from someone who's new to most of this technology. To me, it's like I'm holding a goddamn magical talisman in my hand. The gesture functions are remarkably intuitive, Palm's application cards make using different functions a breeze and it's as much like using a computer as I could hope for on a phone. I still have a lot of things to figure out about using it, but I'm pretty freakin' amazed. I'm listening to Pandora right now as I type this post. PANDORA BITCHES. ON MY PHONE.
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I forgot who was hassling me about it, but the Apple folks fixed middle-mouse-autoscroll upstream so if you press, drag, and release, scrolling stops (as opposed to press, release, move, where it stays on until you click again).
So expect that in some Chrome Dev channel release sometime soon.
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Maarten and I would like to announce our project from last weekend...
Since the LoGD pages are too wide for the iPhone and require much zooming around for comfortable dragon slaying on the go (and also because we were hurting to mess around with iPhone development), we decided to create an app to remedy that.
The beauty is that no modifications are necessary server-side, so it should be compatible with any of the customized LoGD version on any server using any language.
We parse the HTML pages and rip out the central view to display it. We moved the navigation actions into an action picker (the "wheel" you see when selecting a drop-down-menu option on a webpage) and bring up a view with your stats on request.
We would love to have this app in the Apple App Store by Quakecon, which probably means that we need to submit it by the end of the week and hope it does not get rejected. We need your help testing the app. Requirements for participation are that you have an account on www.shackbbs.com (rather that you are actually an active player there) and that you own an iPhone/iPod touch.
To participate please reply to this post with your device type/make and ShackBBS LoGD nickname. We will select 3-5 people (probably at least one iPod touch, one iPhone 2G and one iPhone 3G owner each ) and notify them via shackmsg with further instructions.
Screenshots:
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(We are still working on the stats page, so don't be too harsh with your comments).
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i mean, BMI wise, i'm sure she's teetering on fatness, but DAMN! That weight sure the fuck knows how to distribute itself.
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Monday Aug 17 11a-7p, the day after QuakeCon ends!
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=6207
RikiTiki2 wants to go to Six Flags with me, and he will still be here after QuakeCon, and so will CoRDS and TastyWheat, so I set up this Shackmeet, if you are still in the DFW area after QuakeCon, you should come TOO!!!
We are going to ride the rides and look at girls and play games and drink six dollar Cokes, it will be really hot out so the girls and the Cokes will be worth the price of admission! Being a weekday, the lines for the rides shouldn't be too long, but if they are, we can tell stories and trade jokes and maybe build a campfire in the parking lot and roast marshmallows and tell ghost stories, and maybe there will be backrubs! I have a van and can provide rides for six, as long as you don't mind listening to Avril Lavigne.
LET'S DO THIS! BE THERE, OR WE WILL TALK ABOUT YOU!!!!
XOXOX,
Thylvethter
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i hated the demo, too
it feels like a really well-made PC game. it has that kind of feel. as far as atmosphere goes i get a heavy mix of system shock 2, doom 3, and event horizon
it's most definitely a survival horror game, too. everyone had talked about how it was an action game with horror elements, but i disagree. there is heavy inventory management. upgrade paths are important. ammo is scarce (on hard at least).
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"are you mad?"
no this is awesome.
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Anyone here know of or read of any teens who have had big hits with iPhone games they've developed? Trying to find one or two for an upcoming story and having zero luck.
The standard line is any teenager in his bedroom can become rich making an iphone app, but like most marketing, that's turning out to be very hard to prove.
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some of these chicks are hot
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBJcOy6iuUc
omgomgomg
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Holy crap.
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Did they ever do this, or am I completely mistaken?
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This is a reminder that Assignment #25: Outdoor Activities is due tonight at midnight. This will be the final reminder thread posted, so get out today if you haven't already.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157621317154877/
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I'm formating and installing windows 7 RC. I will have a backup of all my media on an external hard drive.
When I will synch my iphone for the first time on the fresh windows install, will I lose everything on the phone? Is there anything I have to do before?
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Since I installed this new Video card I though hey I'll give this a shot, I crank it up to full now and just enjoy the sights. I've been playing for about 90 mins, and I just realized I'm getting motion sickness. I feel really ill and had to shut it down.
This has never happened before to me. (my wife said it's ok it happens to all men)
Also, is there an addon for even higher res graphics that the default steam install?
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I'm afraid if I sync now, iTunes will wipe my iPhone due to there being no apps on the local pc HD.
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I'm looking at the reviews on NewEgg and there doesn't seem to be anything under 50 bucks that don't have a ton of "DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF SHIT" reviews.
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That shit will perk you right the fuck up
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My PSN Name is Begawkiness if anyone is up for this, because I know I am!
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The filters have been changed so that un-logged in view will only show ontopic and informative posts. I think the logic why is fairly obvious. Also newly created accounts will follow this rule too. Expect the return of "where did my post go" threads, but that's just an opportunity to introduce new people to the guidelines page anyway.
So how you doin'?
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