Evening Reading
by Jeff Mattas, Jan 28, 2011 5:00pm PSTNow that the specs for the upcoming crop of next-gen handheld gaming devices from Nintendo and Sony have been revealed, there's a lot to be potentially excited about. I must confess, even having never been much for portable gaming myself, the tech is very exciting.
Bells and whistles aside, the one thing that could potentially sour my enthusiasm is cost. Pricing is still unknown for Sony's Next Generation Portable (NGP), though it'll likely be more expensive than Nintendo's 3DS, which is expected to retail for $250. That gives me pause, because as cool as the technology seems, I'm not sure I'm ready to pay roughly the same amount for portable gaming (hardware and software) than I do to play on the PC, Xbox 360, or PS3. In NGP's case, if it's just a matter of bringing PC and console-quality experiences to smaller platform, I expect I'd still gravitate to play the version I can experience on my TV, where I can get 10x the screen real-estate.
In other words, I'm cautiously optimistic, with a dash of wallet-panic.
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Crytek working on The Collectibles for iOS
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I use Gigabyte's EasyTune6 on my HTPC which worked pretty well. But now I have an ASUS board and they want me to download their 280 MB AI Suite for that. No thanks... guess I could probably use the Gigabyte one here as well, but thought I'd ask anyway!
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Will I become stronger and more resilient as a person if I persist with this shit on Veteran, or will I just want to curl up and die? I'm up to an ice level (I'm now with some Russian blokes) on Veteran so far, and I feel like I owe it to myself to keep going, but I cant help but feel I'm just being a masochist.
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Win7x64 GTX570. This is the only game doing this and the vid card is not overheating.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIzGmmX25U
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DAWN OF SATURDAY'S WAR SHACKBATTLE WAAARGH!!
So we’re getting ready for DoW2: Retribution and playing DoW2 multiplayer this weekend again. A lot of us played all last weekend and we’re doing it again this weekend. Don’t worry if you think you suck, most of us do too. Both Last Stand and Team VS modes will be played.
Also be prepared for an onslaught of international accents in TS!
When: Starts at 11am Eastern Saturday 29th Jan (I'm sure PST folks will start later)
Where: Hop in TeamSpeak server to arrange
TS3 server: ts.shackbattles.com:9987
Password: boxcar
Or spam one of the folks in the OP of this thread if you want to play:
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25066617#itemanchor_25066617
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http://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Introduction-Computer-Science/dp/1590282418/
or
http://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Absolute-Beginner-3rd/dp/1435455002/
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STUFF FOR SALE (mostly hardware)
in reply...
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Reason i ask, is today i signed up for a players card at the casino as my mom implies you earn money on them for every dollar spent and then you can cash them out.
I sign up for card, and pick random game to play. I find some penny machine, and stick a 20.00 bill inside, and bet the max 3.00. First spin i win 35 dollars on a progressive jackpot matched 5/10 jackpot symbols.
Second spin i hit some bonus round , that enabled me 45 free spins at 3x the amount paid. End result 400.00. I continue to play and go up to 450. Stop there. go play some other random games and then finally walk out with 350.
Now back to the question. Since the casino is tracking you by your card, is there any correlation of
New player = let them win money so they come back
or
All games are equal and i just got lucky and should go get ready to spend it on Hookers and Blow?
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Specifically, my mother has hundreds of notes stored in Outlook. She's trying to sync with her HTC Touch Diamond, but Outlook/the phone insists on putting the notes into the very small internal storage instead of the 4gb built-in storage card. It fails because the 100mb internal storage isn't large enough for the notes (and everything else).
In the notes app on the phone, you can specify the location of the notes as the storage card, so all of her phone notes are on the card, but that doesn't seem to affect the activesync process for where her outlook notes are put on the phone.
Help?? I emailed HTC and the guy clearly didn't understand and was like "just copy the notes from your pc to the phone's internal storage" but that's not the same as syncing, and since the files are stored in Outlook's pst file, you can't just copy them over in disk mode.
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Well I just got a Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L not only did I move up to a pcix 16x slot from a 4x makes my 260gtx happy, but my cpu(q6600) is stable at 3.2ghz without a bigger cooler and without pumping any more than the default voltage into it.
Internet alerted!!!!
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How can I disable window notifications of group events? I get spammed constantly by certain groups I'm in about events starting and, while I want to remain part of the group, I would like to disable the 'popups' of when they are broadcasting an event starting. Sometimes it kicks me out of non-steam games I'm playing.
I can't find anything in settings. What to do?
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I hacked the panel but don't know how to stop the rings from spinning. I hit them with kinesis and nothing happens. Same with the big pieces of metal hanging over them. I think they are supposed to clamp onto the rings but I can't get them to move. halp
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GSL finals!
MarineKing(T) vs MVP(T)
http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors1/live/
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Then, enjoy some Puppet Gospel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIDgfoDGShM&feature=player_embedded
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You know that arena raiment (armor) you're issued for the arena challenges? It weights a ton (72lbs)! Can i just drop it anywhere or do I have to hold on to it? Will they reissue the raiment or will I screw up the arena challenge?
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/28/have-five-fingers-gone-too-far-check-out-this-years-casual-lineup/
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I have a basic understanding of Poker. I'm not all that understanding of betting, but I need to know why I'm not winning certain hands in a game. It doesn't make sense to me.
Exhibit A: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2286853/Poker1.jpg -- Guy in the top right has 2 pair Qs and Ks. I have a flush (in addition to a smaller 2 pair Qs and 5s), but why was the pot split?
Exhibit B: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2286853/Poker2.jpg -- Guy on the left has a fucking pair. I have a straight. ??
I don't get it. :( How am I not winning outright? Is the game broken or something? Is it some side-betting thing that I don't know to do in this game? For the record the game is World Series of Poker Hold'Em. (Paid ver, but I got it free on faad.com one day)
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Who wants to play some 7 wonders? I hear it's a pretty good game.
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What is the hotness cell phone from them? I'm looking at the Droid 2, but I'm not privy to the phones that are coming soon.
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PP approves.
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Are you full and ready to hunt from eating 3 baconators? Deciding why chunky peanut butter > smooth? Punching baby giraffes in the neck so they cant grow tall? Well we have a place for you.
When: Starts at 10pm Eastern
Where: Guntersville Server
ip: 68.232.164.17:27015
pass: maarten
Boozebags welcome and drinking is encouraged.
After match l4d2 versus realism a good possibility.
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I can't believe Sarien.net lasted as long as it did in that form. Activision's C&D was surprisingly personable, too.
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for the next few hours : http://www.kockradio.com:8000/listen.pls
some ace new shit tonight. new Chase & Status album as well as some other items. tune in. gonna just stream some random tunes right now, but live mixing in a bit.
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Mutemath - Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51FbG-90FAk&hd=1
The Hihat & Snare are reversed... its especially fucked up if your playing Pro Drums. LOL :(
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SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA
Tonight 10 Eastern on Starz
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I have made a printer friendly sheet for all the Magick spells in the game. The keys are color coded and listed in the order that you need to press them to activate. I made it because I wanted a useful visual aid, and it helps me in memorizing the buttons for the more complicated ones. I hope some of you find it useful.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3246524/Magick%20List%20Colored%20Keys.pdf
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Would I be correct in thinking that since I loved Nox that I will most likely find a fair amount of enjoyment in this?
Note: I do not like Diablo 2 and find it incredibly dull. I have enjoyed playing Torchlight from what I've played this far.
first big japanese tournament with SSF4 Arcade Edition.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nsb
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nsb2
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