Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Apr 14, 2010 5:00am PDTLaser eye surgery is so retro. In my future, we get back to basics and do it ourselves. I cannot see anything like this without feeling a powerful urge to replay Deus Ex, Blade Runner and Syndicate, which I believe is the correct response.
Battlefield 4 launching October 29; confirmed for Xbox One and PS4
In case you missed it, watch the Xbox One recap here
Xbox One doesn't require always-on connection, but mandatory installs tied to accounts
Call of Duty: Ghosts preview: rebooting a franchise



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The new HP ZR24W IPS monitor is on sale for $390 and it's very tempting.
http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/HP_SBUY_HP_PROMO_ZR24W_LCD_MONITOR_US/VM633A8ABA/11108332/
I want to get away from a TN panel and switch to an IPS. I don't do much FPS gaming anymore anyways and this panel has no ghosting on it anyways. I have a BenQ G2400WD currently but don't know if I want to deal with 2 huge monitors.
Does anyone want a BenQ G2400WD? Cheap!
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/htc-incredible-shows-up-on-official-verizon-preview-page/
Looks like it's basically a Nexus One with an 8MP camera. Good to see these high power devices becoming the gold standard.
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http://www.dagbladet.no/a/11282382/
Norway and Brittan at least.
(that's ash btw - projections for the next few days).
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let's pour one out and remember
what were your favorite xbl games that first year? i played the hell out of PGR2 and Halo2, and dabbled in MechAssault. Crimson Skies was fun...as was Star Wars: Republic Commando.
Xbox Live was a huge leap in the console world and really forced every company in the market space to not only consider, but implement proper multiplayer gaming. things we take for granted on our consoles in 2010 were only novelties in 2004.
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XBOX 360 BFBC2 SHACKBATTLE
"better than the PC one" edition!
So here's the current breakdown of who can play when: http://www.shackpics.com/files/bfbc2_sb_planningPNG_fimpdyym1hy9hj0pz7a5.png We have plenty of people available for Thursday night from 9-11 PM CDT, with rollover till midnight for those who can stick around. This is the same time as the PC shackbatte, which should be fine since I can't imagine anybody bought the game on both platforms. Besides, 360 > PC anyway.
I'll be on around 8:30 to start putting things together. If I'm not on your friends list already (gt = "Stobber"), add me so I can invite you to the game tomorrow. Since we have so many attendees, it'll be a private game with no randoms allowed. I want to make sure shackers aren't kept out of the game by non-shackers. (We'll backfill with other people if attendance is low.)
Finally, another mention of skill balancing. There's no auto-balancing in this game from round to round, at least not on private games. And we don't have access to Halo 3's slick team management system from the lobby screen. So I'm not sure how we'll handle balancing things out between rounds. Do we juggle the squads manually? Or do we split up squads until we find a set of them that's well-balanced? And how is any of this managed from BC2's in-game controls? Your suggestions are very welcome.
See you tomorrow!
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Im trying to avoid buying one that is several thousand dollars to support my hugeness.
~270 lbs
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Can someone explain to me why the fuck a flash video stops to buffer every five seconds even though it's clearly buffered ahead on the bar
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BF:BC2 + ATI (wo)menz
Newly leaked ATI BETA drivers (10.5/10.6) apparently fixes the long loading issue with ATI cards with using DX10/DX11 modes! I have not tried these myself (nvidia card here) but folks over at [H], guru3d and rage3d reports of fixed load times. You may want to try these but note that these are beta drivers, so wait for official driver release if you do not know what you're doing!
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Guru3d forum link to drivers and user posts:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=319691
*Mixed reports on load time fix. Seems to fix 5xxx in DX11 and not for 4xxx DX10 (odd).
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http://gizmodo.com/5517041/googles-insane-number-of-servers-visualized
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I've just plugged in my external Seagate drive to back up some stuff and I got a message in Windows asking me to format the drive before it can be used. It looks as if it's seeing it as an unpartitioned drive.
There was some shit on there I needed. Have I lost it for good or is there something I can do to attempt to recover them before I format the thing?
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Covert Affairs looks like it will be pretty good. Then they have Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, Psych, they had Monk. Hell, they even have Law and Order CI which got a lot better with the decline in SVU and the addition of Goldblum.
Yet they run re-runs all damn day
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Saw Clash of the Titans tonight.
I thought it was pretty fun. It's not great cinema by any means, but there was just enough enjoyable stuff to make me feel like I hadn't wasted my money. The weakest part of the movie is probably how they handle the gods' interaction with humanity. I also thought Ralph Fiennes was a very, very weird Hades (a lot of this may have been due to how they made the character look). I liked most of the cast of characters that accompanied Perseus (and in particular I thought the djinni was really cool). The scorpion battle scene was pretty damn sweet as well.
However, I did read this article (spoilers) - http://chud.com/articles/articles/23299/1/BY-ZEUS-THE-VERSION-OF-CLASH-OF-THE-TITANS-YOU-DIDN039T-SEE/Page1.html - and I can't help but feel that a better movie was intended. I can see the elements of what the article talks about in the movie, and if it's accurate, then whomever made the changes really messed up a change to make something genuinely good rather than just fun escapism.
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www.sbgamefest.com
Pics from the 2008 event: http://www.corporatefallout.net/prod/photos/index.php/Trips%20And%20Events/GameFest08
We've got about 40 older computers, running around 2004-level hardware. Computers all work well enough but I think it's integrated graphics on each. We're going to preinstall them with some games:
Starcraft, Warcraft 3 + DOTA, Quake 3, Worms World Party, Peggle, CS
Does anyone else have any suggestions for decent LAN games from that era? Also, should I be choosing Worms World Party or Armageddon?
Lastly, if anyone's in Santa Barbara this Saturday, come by and check it out.
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Played a few games last night with shackers. Sorry I zerg rushed pancake humper, sammyl did it to me a while ago. I then did the same build in 1v1 to move up to ~28 Silver. 20some speedlings from a 10pool running into a base just as gateway 3,4 and 5 warp in = ragequit by the protoss.
With that grouping queens and hatches tip so I don't have to move back to inject, combined with hatch rally on worm entrance, and worm exit rally on overseer, once I start the attack I can keep the flood coming without leaving the action. If I win, it is almost always due to macro and timing. I suck balls at micro.
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Who's #1 in broadband? 1Gbps fiber for $26 in Hong Kong
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/_christ0ph_/4520259585/
This is probably my favorite photo that I've taken in a while, I'm really pleased at how it came out. It's a 3 exposure HDR for those interested.... What do you think?
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Anybody having problems with dropped calls and happen to have .... long hair?? (lol)
My wife got a droid and can't have a fucking conversation without it either hanging up, muting or any of the other buttons being pressed. I can see the screen flicker on and off when it's being held to the ear so its got to be the prox sensor freaking out and the interface becoming active which allows for end call to be pressed. Works perfectly with me but I have short hair so my ear makes clean contact with the phone.
Looks like a fairly common problem: http://www.google.com/search?q=droid+long+hair
I can't believe they didn't test this thing with women but I guess with a name like droid, it's pretty clear that women aren't the target market. It's a shame because it's pretty nice phone but it's going back.
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fuck content aware fill in photoshop cs3...check out the roto brush! this shit is magical!
http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/?promoid=BPDDW
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Forced Assimilation! Sweet jump boots! Increment Death Count!
Server IP: 68.232.161.136:7777
Password: shackut3
Start time: 10 PM EST.
6 Drink minimum. EFF YEAH!
We will use the chicago www.shacknws.com TS server. Other info is in my profile, or any other regular.
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http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs450.snc3/25812_801506327860_12922927_43471333_1283947_n.jpg
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I gave it plenty of shit, but I think I'll end up buying one. One thing I noticed is that the prices on games appear to be a bit higher than the iphone versions (Never owned an iphone or ipod touch). Do they have sales on the app store often? There are a number of games that I would love to have, but it's harder to justify at $10+ a pop. Are there any upcoming games that are worth paying attention to? Is wi-fi an issue with most people?
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