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Living Room / Re: Bizarre old-school spyware attacks governments, sports Mark of the Beast

« Last post by Deozaan on February 28, 2013, 02:10 AM »

MiniDuke, as researchers from Kaspersky Lab and Hungary-based CrySyS Lab have dubbed the threat,

Shouldn't that be... "MiniDuke; as researchers..."?

-Stephen66515 (February 27, 2013, 05:17 PM)

Nope.

A semicolon is used to connect two related (but independently complete) sentences, e.g., "At the mall I bought four things; my sister bought only two things."

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Living Room / Re: Chinese Cyberattacks

« Last post by Deozaan on February 22, 2013, 03:05 PM »

^ deo the 'shop expert

-tomos (February 22, 2013, 05:50 AM)

Know Your Meme

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Living Room / Re: Chinese Cyberattacks

« Last post by Deozaan on February 22, 2013, 03:33 AM »

Knowing the wonders possible with Photoshop

-40hz (February 21, 2013, 07:59 AM)

It's definitely a 'shop. I can tell by some of the pixels. And from having seen quite a few 'shops in my time!

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Living Room / Re: Can anyone repair Li-ion battery circuit?

« Last post by Deozaan on February 21, 2013, 10:34 PM »

This thread is two years old.

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Living Room / Re: Grab 50GB of Box Online Storage Free for Life (2013-02-12)

« Last post by Deozaan on February 21, 2013, 04:05 PM »

Looks like they took down the offer.

Sorry, we were unable to validate your offer. For the latest info on special deals and promotions you may qualify for, be sure to add Box on Facebook, check out The Box Blog or follow us on Twitter.

-https://www.box.com/signup/o/dell_50gb_give_get

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Rogue likes for PC

« Last post by Deozaan on February 19, 2013, 03:33 AM »

I seem to have become a fan of the genre of "rogue like" games. I've heard this originated with Gauntlet.

-justice (February 19, 2013, 03:16 AM)

Roquelikes^w originated with Rogue (sort of). That's why they're "like Rogue."

Here are a few that should keep you busy for a while:

Angband
POWDER
Dungeons of Dredmor
Desktop Dungeons

Of the above, I've played them all, except for Angband which I've never played. I've spent most of my time playing POWDER, and the least time playing Dungeons of Dredmor, though I think Dredmor has more going for it that Desktop Dungeons.

Oh, and you can also play Dwarf Fortress in "Adventure Mode" which is very much a Roguelike. (Though I spent about 99%+ of my time with Dwarf Fortress playing Fortress Mode)

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Living Room / Re: Ancient Seagate 2.5 GB USB 1.1 drive still functioning perfectly...

« Last post by Deozaan on February 17, 2013, 03:16 PM »

How did this topic get pinned, and why?

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Living Room / Re: Gamers deemed too fast for real-life race

« Last post by Deozaan on February 17, 2013, 03:13 PM »

Ha! Interesting. Thanks for sharing. (c:

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Deozaan on February 16, 2013, 08:17 PM »

(see attachment in previous post)

-kyrathaba (February 15, 2013, 11:00 AM)

No attribution to xkcd or anything? Also, don't forget the alt text:

If I click 'no', I've probably given up on everything, so don't bother taking me to the page I was trying to go to. Just drop me on the homepage. Thanks.

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DC Gamer Club / Steam Linux Celebration Sale 50-75% off all Linux Titles (including Windows/OSX)

« Last post by Deozaan on February 14, 2013, 04:47 PM »

Even if you don't intend to play it on Linux, if it's available for Linux as well as your operating system of choice, you can get a discount on it!

http://store.steampo.../sale/linux_release/

The sale is good until Feb 21.

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Living Room / Re: Grab 50GB of Box Online Storage Free for Life (2013-02-12)

« Last post by Deozaan on February 13, 2013, 04:46 PM »

I'm not getting the confirmation e-mail. . .
It finally arrived!

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Deozaan on February 08, 2013, 02:31 PM »

Here's a funny trailer for a video game called Soulcaster II: The Lost

It kind of reminds me of this trailer for Offspring Fling:

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Living Room / Re: Microsoft Research app. "BLINK" - free for Windows Phone 8.

« Last post by Deozaan on February 07, 2013, 04:49 PM »

My Android phone can take photos in succession very quickly. Then again, I suppose that "very quickly" and "really fast" are imprecise, relative terms.

-Deozaan (February 06, 2013, 01:05 PM)

Thanks. If it's burst technology similar to BLINK, then I want one please.
I didn't know this technology was already readily available in phones. I shall read up about that.

-IainB (February 06, 2013, 11:49 PM)

I'm not sure if it is special technology or not. I think this is it what I'm experiencing (emphasis mine):

Galaxy Nexus sports a high-end camera with zero shutter lag, automatic focus, top notch low-light performance and a simple way to capture panoramic pictures.

-http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/unwrapping-ice-cream-sandwich-on-galaxy.html

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Living Room / Re: Microsoft Research app. "BLINK" - free for Windows Phone 8.

« Last post by Deozaan on February 06, 2013, 01:05 PM »

My Android phone can take photos in succession very quickly. Then again, I suppose that "very quickly" and "really fast" are imprecise, relative terms.

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Living Room / Re: Favorite Websites Serving Malware

« Last post by Deozaan on February 06, 2013, 01:00 PM »

That article had charts of which sites you were likely to get malware from. But the charts didn't even mention pr0n websites. . .

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Living Room / Re: Futurama Icon Set: I think we can all agree that this is the best thing ever.

« Last post by Deozaan on February 06, 2013, 12:48 PM »

Good news, everyone! Futurama icons that look like disembodied figuring heads!

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by Deozaan on February 05, 2013, 12:40 PM »

Not recommendation but question for:
http://www.moddb.com...-reborn-v103-vo-demo
what is the song in background?

I am getting pulling my hairs out at this moment
bald moment: checked dozen of links, online humming tools, virtual pianos recognition and all I know is that I was looking for it long time before. I found it back then but can't now

Edited: f0dder got it:

-fenixproductions (February 02, 2013, 06:11 PM)

It's the Dead Island Trailer Theme by Giles Lamb.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Torque 2D & 3D Game Engines going open source (MIT)

« Last post by Deozaan on February 04, 2013, 10:39 PM »

Torque 2D is going to be joining Torque 3D as an open source game engine:

GarageGames is Proud to Announce Torque 2D MIT!

What is Torque 2D MIT?
Torque 2D MIT is an all new, open source, version of our 2D game development software. Following in the footsteps of Torque 3D, which went open source a few months ago, Torque 2D MIT will be available under the same (very permissible) MIT License very early next year.

It's more than just an open source version of Torque 2D!
Take Torque 2D, combine it with iTorque, add in Box 2D physics, several major enhancements and bug fixes, and make it open source. That is Torque 2D MIT.

-http://garagegames.com/community/blogs/view/22062

Read more about it here: http://www.garagegam...ity/blogs/view/22164

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Living Room / Re: Super Bowl Commercials

« Last post by Deozaan on February 04, 2013, 02:57 PM »

After watching several of them and not really thinking they were very good, I saw this one: It was absurdly stupid. And then ridiculously funny!

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Living Room / Re: Suggestions for low vision problems while working on a computer

« Last post by Deozaan on February 04, 2013, 02:38 PM »

so now for another question:  Is there a difference between flat screen computer monitors and flat screen televisions?  other than the connectors on the back maybe?

-techidave (February 03, 2013, 04:49 AM)

Flat screen TVs typically max out their resolution at the HD resolution of 1080p, which I believe is 1920x1080, whereas monitors can (and do) have higher display resolutions than that. A TV might be a better solution since a bigger display would mean the image would appear bigger on screen, since the resolution would stay the same no matter the size of the display.

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Living Room / Re: Apple trademarks its retail store design

« Last post by Deozaan on February 03, 2013, 06:16 PM »

This is why we need space research.  I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

-wraith808 (February 03, 2013, 05:33 PM)

No. No space research. Or else people/companies/governments will trademark habitable planets.

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by Deozaan on February 02, 2013, 05:23 PM »

This technically isn't a music video, but the music in the video is amazing. And the video itself is, too.

Stardust

http://vimeo.com/58626695

PostPanic director Mischa Rozema's new short film, Stardust, is a story about Voyager 1 (the unmanned spacecraft launched in 1977 to explore the outer solar system). The probe is the furthest man-made object from the sun and witnesses unimaginable beauty and destruction.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Headset recommendations

« Last post by Deozaan on January 31, 2013, 12:36 PM »

Since they enclose the ears, some people complain about comfort, but I never had a problem with them- they seem large enough that I don't know how anyone could complain, but I figured I'd give you that caveat.

-wraith808 (January 29, 2013, 02:33 PM)

I find earbuds are extremely painful to use after even relatively short periods (30+ min), and on-ear headphones are uncomfortable. It's the over-ear headphones that I find are nicer to use, especially for prolonged periods.

-Renegade (January 30, 2013, 02:10 AM)

I've tried earbuds (painful!) on-ear headphones (painful!) and even the ones that hang on top of the ear and are on-ear (painful in multiple places!) I've found that circumaural headphones (like what wraith was talking about) are the most comfortable to me. They are large enough that my ears go inside, and padded enough that the part that rests against my head/face isn't irritated.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Headset recommendations

« Last post by Deozaan on January 28, 2013, 06:31 PM »

I have a Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000. I like it. I bought a few of them off eBay for about $20 each, IIRC.

But I guess I'm not sure how it compares to the expensive "gaming" headsets, or what makes a headset better for gaming as opposed to anything else.

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Living Room / Re: Phone unlocking ban could hit you in the wallet

« Last post by Deozaan on January 28, 2013, 12:33 PM »

Sounds like making it illegal to put Linux on a new computer you bought simply because it came with Windows pre-installed.