Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Jun 04, 2010 5:00am PDTDefense Grid's 99¢ two-map DLC packs are just the sort of downloadable content I like to see. I picked up the first pack last night, gave one of the maps a bash and was happy with the entertainment I received for pocket change. Tonight I'll work on the other and have a jolly good time. Marvellous.
Of course, Defense Grid is able to do this because it's split into separate, unrelated levels. With games such as Fallout 3, Borderlands or Oblivion, more expansive--and expensive--DLC makes the most sense. However, I always find it offputting to know $30 of DLC will soon be released for my brand new $40 game. I waited for Game of the Year editions before buying Oblivion and Fallout 3, and plan to do the same for Borderlands.
$10 is not a lot of money but it's past the point of a casual, impulse purchase for me.
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Some interesting stats (some cut/pasted from another forum):
- OS X comprises 8.46% of Steam machines
- The GeForce 9400M is sitting at 4.05%, up from 0% last period. That's a shitload of 9400Ms
- Systems using NTFS went down 8.39%, which makes sense given the 8.46% OS X figure
- The 2560x1440 resolution isn't listed, so no real indication of how many 27" iMacs are running Steam
- Of the resolutions polled, machines with 1280x800 of the 13" Macbook went up 2.83%, far and away the largest percentage increase in the group. 1440x900 resolution of the 15" MBP went up 1.21%, the second largest increase only to "other", which probably includes the unlisted 2560x1600 and 2560x1440 resolutions. All other resolutions were flat to negative.
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OMG! I have no idea what system?
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http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/06/04/chris-nolan-firmly-says-no-to-joker-returning-in-batman-3/
The question was if The Joker is in the cards again? "'No', says Nolan emphatically and unhesitatingly. He resists elaborating simply because, 'I just don’t feel comfortable talking about it.'"
Seems like the right thing to do.
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According to HBO's tweeter, The Pacific will be available on DVD/BD November 2.
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I'm trying to find that music video that was posted a few weeks back where an evil blonde girl lures some guy into her room and has lots of sex before turning into a tentacle monster.
Anyone remember the name of the band?
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Please join me in congratulating druc14 (drucifer, of course) for winning the Spring 2010 Quarterly Competition! You can see his winning entry along with all other submissions here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157624057723303/
Also, you can see all previous winners of all assignments here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/shackassignments/discuss/72157609725389271/
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http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Graham-cracker-bonanza-on-Dallas-freeway-95628109.html
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Anyway, so far it really like it. The only complaint is how it handles the apps screen, but other than that, it seems really slick.
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We've been having connection issues at some major sites and we've been trying to figure out what's going on. The latest band-aid from engineering has been to dispatch a field tech to replace the ethernet cable between the smarjack and our equipment.
Now that's fine and dandy but I'm having trouble accepting this answer, and am looking for answers from the mighty shack networking experts.
They claim that in some cases, the ethernet cable is too short, and the connection is degrading because of this. @@ They claim by having the tech replace the 6 foot cable with a 25 foot cable and coil the cable over its self will resolve the issue.
My specialists threw a bunch of technobabble like impedance, frequency, and bit streams at me, and I think they are full of shit and want to prove it. Can I? Or should I just mind my place as a Tier II support technician and shut my mouth?
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i've been using winamp for many many years but after upgrading to windows 7, crazy things started to happen, freezing winamp and sometimes freezing windows forcing me to do restart the machine. Im giving up on it.
Shack, What's your fav player ?
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http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2003/05/28/keanureeves/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZP-ohGTL8
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Why does GTalk client not allow group chats? Wasn't this feature pioneered 15 years ago? (Or maybe I don't know how. I know the browser does, but the browser chat is shit)
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He accidentally opened a facebook message that ended up being a virus. It's a pretty common one that seems to be going around recently. However, ever since then, whenever he opens safari on his phone and types something into the google search bar, it brings him to a web page that asks him to authenticate by typing in the security word.
Does anyone know what's going on? Does he have anything to worry about? Is he going to have to format his phone?
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I don't know I love fallout but this looks like shit?
Don't stress wait for E3.
Man the news is crazy lately.
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Apparently a patch came out last night - A few decent nerfs in my opinion. Did they reset the ladder? Any cool tournaments getting streamed this weekend?
Let's talk about SC2!
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has anyone else noticed their favorite Quizno's locations closing down? mine have, and they had letters on the door talking about some kind of franchise dispute.. is Quizno's on the way out?
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Wadmaasi sent me his copy of The World Ends With You just because he wanted someone to play it. Didn't want anything for the game or shipping!
I cannot wait until I can tear into it this weekend. I've been wanting to play it for quite some time.
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http://www.petapixel.com/2010/06/04/sneak-peek-at-microsofts-mind-boggling-new-photo-fuse-feature/
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