Morning Discussion
by Xav de Matos, Oct 21, 2010 5:00am PDTI can't stop watching clips of An Idiot Abroad on YouTube. If you're not familiar with the show, it's a documentary travel series following a man named Karl Pilkington who happens to be "friends" with The Office co-creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
Karl isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, so watching him experience new strange lands is hilarious and sometimes shocking. He was the key, if not the most important part, of the Gervais podcast series. The man is either a comic genius or naturally void of any intelligence. Either way, he has his charming moments.
The whole point is to send Karl--who has a freakishly round head--around the world. On one hand, Merchant wants to send him to see if Karl's simplistic (sometimes comically ignorant) outlook on like will change. Gervais just wants to put him through hell for his amusement.
Its pretty hilarious. Sadly, it's only on Sky1 in the UK, as far as I know. So, I'm forced to watch the scraps online. Let's hope Canada gets the show at some point. Check it out for a laugh.
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After so many months of work, it feels great to have this puppy out the door.
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I'm not shilling it because I want you to use it - in fact if you're not already part of the Marine Corps family, there's no reason for you to - I'm just proud to have it out there. I know we have a few Marines in here so maybe you guys will like it.
I was personally responsible for: all of the backend architecture (DB design, PHP, cron processes, etc), all the HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and a significant portion of the UI/UX.
And all of you Facebook and/or Facebook App haters can stay out - I know how you feel already.
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Come join the Russians and Emericans as they battle their full blown coffee addiction.
Server is the same as it ever was, Shacknews Dallas EFF YEAH
TeamSpeak is still the same, as someone if you don't know it.
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Obviously the place to go is http://newvegasnexus.com/ Not too much there ATM obviously, but I'm excited to see what is to come.
Here's a few minimods I cooked up just for myself: http://www.mediafire.com/?d6y3a6bxksyw9ua
BinocularZoomEnhanced - Changes binocular zoom to match sniper rifle zoom. (FOV 25, was 35)
Pip-BoyGloveRemoved - The Pip-Boy is composed of two parts, the obvious wrist device, and the lesser known fingerless glove on the left hand. This glove overrides armor and looks rather silly when wearing power armor, hazmat suits and any other armor that has its own gloves. This mod fixes that.
Pip-BoyLightEnhanced - A warmer hued light that has a slightly expanded range. (Magnitude 35, was 15)
Extract these to the FNV data folder at Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas\Data and tick them in the Data section of the Launcher.
If you want to try your own hand at modding, grab FNVEdit here: http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34703
I much prefer it to the GECK, but it still needs some work to recognize all of FNV's new fields.
Now for some .ini tweaks to make the mouse feel right!
First off, all changes should be made to Fallout_default.ini located at Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas
Make sure to make a backup, then add these lines to remove mouse acceleration from menus/Pip-Boy and to get the same movement speed on the X and Y axis.
Under [Controls] insert the following:
fForegroundMouseAccelBase=0
fForegroundMouseAccelTop=0
fForegroundMouseBase=0
fForegroundMouseMult=0
fXenonVertLookSpeed=1200.0000
fXenonHorizLookSpeed=1200.0000
Save and close. Now you need to delete the following:
Steam\userdata\########\22380\remote\falloutprefs.ini (The ###'s will be your Steam account number)
Users\YourUserName\Documents\My Games\FalloutNV\Fallout.ini
Users\YourUserName\Documents\My Games\FalloutNV\FalloutPrefs.ini
These files get overwritten by the Fallout_default.ini any time a change is made in the launcher, so better to just edit that.
Now, launch, pick your graphics settings, and it everything should be good. Make sure to open the newly recreated files that were in the list to delete to make sure the changes carried across.
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I've been using Subsonic for the last week or so, and I like it fairly well. The integration with my Nexus One phone is pretty reasonable.
However, I'm pretty annoyed about the time bomb that will explode in 30 days, and I was wondering about the other alternatives? What other software are people using to fill this niche?
I've heard of AudioGalaxy, is it any good?
I've also seen that the Google venture (Simplicity) is going away with no announcement as to what their new software will look like.
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This show cracks my shit up, last night's episode was probably one of my best. One of all the new comedies, this one turned into being my favorite with a close runner up by Community.
Phil is awesome. Also, his daughter wife is smokin hot. Unf.
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Fuck yes.
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I haven't been exposed to much anime except some of the more prominent series (berzerk, death note) and enjoyed them, but never full length films.
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I quite enjoy it;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEAyWmCcSI
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Does anyone else actually feel really bad when you do something, however minor, that pisses off someone so much that they feel the need to let you know you're an asshole?
I was driving home a few minutes ago after a 12 hour workday, and I'm on this looong stretch of single-lane 35mph road. I get stuck behind a guy going 20mph, and since I have to get up in 12 hours to work another 12 hours, I decide to pass him rather than let him add an extra 5 minutes to my drive home and take 5 minutes away from my Fallout:NV time. I pass him at about 50mph, then get back in the lane and go my usual 40-45 the rest of the way. The thing of it is, the guy I passed all the sudden picks up speed, rides my ass to the next stoplight with multiple lanes, and pulls up alongside to tell me what an asshole I am for passing him when he was trying to turn.
Now, I already felt bad, but having had a long day, instead of apologizing I just get pissed off myself. "Don't drive 15 under the speed limit and I won't pass you," I yell back, perturbed. "I was going to make a left turn!" he replies. "Well use your fucking blinker you dick!" I yell back before closing the window and flipping the bird. But I just felt awful the whole exchange. I knew I was technically the one in the wrong here (even if not using your blinker is lame). And now I still feel bad about it, and I'll never see the guy again to let him know that I was just over tired and such.
Fuck long days and consciences :(
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Yes, I think so.
I find this hard to believe...
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I'm using paint.net. I used to have a very basic grasp of photoshop back in the day, but clearly I've lost it because I have to ask you how to do this simple task.
Image 1: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=ModernFamilytv16_spg8yadpg0u2z7ozd6gs.jpg
Image 2: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=toro_logo_vozlxa8riti6quyq8anm.gif
I would like the Toro logo to appear in the bottom right hand portion of the screen, effectively replacing the ABC logo. The problem is, I want the toro logo without the white background. No matter how I magic wand, or whatever I do, I can't seem to get the Toro logo over the other image without a white background or the "transparent" checkerboard design.
How exactly does one accomplish this? I have to do a bunch of these, so I need to learn how.
TIA.
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To those who didn't like RO64.. did you check out CoreJJang vs Bless [Round of 64 match 20]? Game 2 was INSANE!
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/21/dice-on-battlefield-3-pc-gamers-have-higher-expectations/
"PC gaming is alive and well, BFBC2 has proven that and no one at DICE or EA can argue with the numbers. Battlefield 3 needs an extra bit of special attention on the PC. I intend to give it that attention, tradition and our community demand it.â€
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/21/beltzner_on_apple
As revealed by one Mac developer, the store forbids "beta", "demo", "trial" and "test" apps, and if an app crashes or so much as "exhibits a bug" – yes, exhibits a bug – it will be rejected as well.
Jobs also bars apps that use Java and other "deprecated or optionally installed technologies." And all apps must use the "appropriate Mac OS X APIs for modifying user data stored by other apps". And so on and so forth.
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Check out these sys reqs, new record?
OS: Windows Vista or 7 (64-bit OS preferred, but not required)
Processor: Modern CPU (Core i7, etc.)
Memory: - 4GB of RAM minimum, 6GB or more if available
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 280 or ATI Radeon 5800 series or better
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Sound: standard audio
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