Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Oct 22, 2009 6:00am PDTToday is both International Stuttering Awareness Day and INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY, which seems a slightly unfortunate pairing to me. Please do celebrate both--the former because it's an important issue and the latter because EVERYTHING TYPED IN CAPITAL LETTERS ON THE INTERNET IS DEEPLY HILARIOUS.
That's all folks.
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
http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Reading-Display-International-Generation/dp/B0015T963C
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/
Place your bets gentlemen. I will be ordering one this weekend.
FIGHT!
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This dude got the PC version early but can't play it:
http://twitter.com/crimvel
"I own a legal PC-copy of Borderlands, and we can't even play the Singleplayer cause of the shitty Securom-protection"
Gearbox responded with:
http://twitter.com/GearboxSoftware/status/5073405343
"The PC version won't be playable until the 26th - your retailer broke the street date :("
I hate street dates so much, if the game is in stock just sell it. Pirates will get it early regardless, yet we punish people who pay? Stupid system, especially given the console versions were released this week.
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The eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year, researchers have found.
Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs for creatures they can eat, such as chickens or rabbits, in their provocative new book Time to Eat the Dog: The real guide to sustainable living.
The couple have assessed the carbon emissions created bypopular pets, taking into account the ingredients of pet food and the land needed to create them.
"If you have a German shepherd or similar-sized dog, for example, its impact every year is exactly the same as driving a large car around," Brenda Vale said.
"A lot of people worry about having SUVs but they don't worry about having Alsatians and what we are saying is, well, maybe you should be because the environmental impact ... is comparable."
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Registrations start November 1st. Any suggestions for this year?
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http://mancide.net/shackstats/
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20091021223242_Blu_Ray_Drive_for_Xbox_360_Will_Be_Obtainable_as_Accessory_CEO_of_Microsoft.html
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om nom nom ?
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Key words: Microsoft Game Studios, Bungie
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http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=6608
Should we just do this shit in the East Bay? I can't keep track of where everybody lives these days, so make your voice known below! I'll tally the votes and update the shackmeet page later with results.
paging qwpeoriu, hamachi, sesmaster, OverloadUT, Amadan, s2jason, spazzium, rudds, Jake2000 to the thread
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So I caved in to the ShackHype and picked it up for 360 today at Target. Loaded it up and Gotta say, It's awesome! The intro movie was badass, perfect music pick and visuals. The art style isn't as bad as I thought. I really didn't like the look of it in screenshots and videos at first, but in play, it's different, and I like it. So far I'm just lvl 2 Soldier and in the first camp/tutorial spot and I like it a lot so far. It's like Fallout3-Lite to me.. I look forward to playing this a lot. :)
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So they got rid of the arguably better multiplayer server arrangement FPS games have always had - dedicated ones people or companies hosted in co-los or on backbones, with enough bandwidth for a great play experience, 24/7 availability, and usually a lack of whiney 12-year-old gamers with admin ability since it usually takes an adult to host/pay for one. And instead they're leaving the home-user-hosted temporary servers where one of the players is the admin, has the benefit of zero ping, and can also abuse admin ability?
Is that correct or are they actually hosting official IW dedicated servers for people to play on?
Matchmaking could just as easily have made use of dedicated servers, so they must have some ulterior motive. I don't get why they'd remove the best part of the multiplayer FPS server schema when dedicated servers don't affect IW in the first place... the cost is all on the part of whoever is hosting the server, and they make the multiplayer experience more enjoyable by having games served by high-speed high-bandwidth servers geographically located across the globe.
Without dedicated servers, are there also then no longer persistent games? If everyone leaves, the "server" just disappears?
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I feel like such a cunt for some of the things I said over the past couple months concerning this game, but maybe it was the subconscious effort to lower my expectations that has lead me to enjoying this game so thoroughly.
Of course I haven't been playing it for too long, but goddamn the pure awesomeness of the co-op experience is worth the price of admission and then some!
I want to go home and play. :( There will be a massive battle of the titans next week as Forza 3 steps into the ring to battle for my time.
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http://digg.com/d317xT7
"During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the past, we have no plans to introduce a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment starts very soon when Xbox 360 becomes the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies. With a library of thousands of TV shows and movies to choose from, Xbox 360 owners can instantly watch the movies they want, when they want, in the highest form of high definition."
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http://www.youtube.com/googlechromethemes
Keep watching until the end, and after the video is over too.
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http://ataylor.smugmug.com/photos/687207396_gJbcA-X3.jpg
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If we can have logical math, physics, chemistry and biology, why would behaviour get excused from having to face its logical consequences?
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Come join the Axis and the Allies as they FUCK ANGRILY IN HER ASS!
Server IP is in my profile
Password is the same as it ever was. Message me, Arctic Fox, .Jaysonor Alco23 if you don't know.
Start Time is 10 PM EST.
Fox and Alco aren't going to show up tonight because Alco is still in Chicago visiting Fox
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The only problem is, I CANNOT seem to get these stupid files digital river sent me to work. I have done the "create a bootable .iso" trick and also did the create a bootable USB trick (my computer's BIOS doesn't support boot from USB apparently?) so right now I'm downloading an .ISO that I found on mininova (no cracks included, just the disc which is all I need) but it's only going at like 100kps..
Is there a way for me to get an .iso from digital river (or anywhere else with an upload speed>100kps)? I have my legit key I can provide if they need it for verification.
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http://www.giantbomb.com/the-directx-11-powered-tech-of-dirt-2-pc/17-1538/
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/10180/
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I have a CSS dilemma. It is small, and there's probably a very obvious fix for it which is right in front of my face, but I've been coding for hours and the solution seems to be eluding me. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it. See reply for code snippet and such
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http://www.amazon.com/Under-Dome-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1439148503/
He sure has been prolific in his retirement. Good thing he is good again.
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this is probably absurdly easy, so allow me to profess my naivete upfront. anyway, what's the best way to convert a photograph to a simple sketch-like outline? for example, say i had a photo of a horse and wanted to create this:
http://www.clker.com/clipart-jumping-horse-outline1.html
U.S. Risks Japan-Like ‘Lost Decade’ on Stimulus Exit, Koo Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a5682ThUSwY4
/Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. officials contemplating an exit from record fiscal stimulus are in danger of repeating mistakes that plunged Japan into its lost decade of stagnant growth, according to Richard Koo of Nomura Research Institute Ltd. ]/
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http://news.bookweb.org/7130.html
Amazon and Target and Wal-Mart can go fuck themselves if this is what they intend to do to the book industry. I don't give a shit if it is "promotional" - it would still have an irreversible effect on the consumer mindset.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqqSHr0wVA&feature=popular
He seems really knowledgeable and level headed.
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GO ANGELS!
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Things I love:
Awesome gun sounds and animation
Slick Presentation
Shooting Shit in the Face
Things I hate:
Driving
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0x7-ydYMwI
fast forward to 1:50 for the music.
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http://i.imgur.com/YNoLL.jpg
disturbing. she's starting to look like mickey rourke and she's what, 23? cocaine is a helluva drug.
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http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy218/Tjones512/CIMG0097.jpg
http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy218/Tjones512/CIMG0098.jpg
http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy218/Tjones512/CIMG0099.jpg
Previous session: http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy218/Tjones512/CIMG0072.jpg
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