TheReverend(c)

Does any know where I can order the flexible plastic electrostatic film protector for my Vizio 37" lcd tv screen? Ive tried best buy,Officemax and walmart and they only sell up to 19"

Dont fret all Im running for pres. Time to settle some issues. Ill see you all in 2008. I may be looking for a new cabinet so some of you may want to send me your apps on what position you want like sec of state, defence etc. Bring it on.

I have every intention right now to skip Vista. I'm a systems engineer who works primarily with Windows 2k/2k3 adv, redhat and ubuntu, but I cannot bring myself to buy an operating system that will control my system against my wishes. Among them are some serious functionality degredations and I highly recommend folks pay very close to the next 3 to 6 months on what Microsoft attempts to do. Here's a link to a daily blog by one of the security industry's brightest, Bruce Schneier, about this sort of thing.

 

Why Vista's DRM is bad for you

 

You can also visit his site, Bruce Schneier's Weblog, for more thoughts on security that goes well beyond information technology into the full spectrum of security in our world. I highly recommend it.

 

-dj

I fully agree Dj. Actually we should just wait till microsofts newest os in oh 2025. DRM BADDDD!!! Way to blow it microsoft way to blow it.

The thing that really had me hooked in HL1 was the feeling that you were almost in a scifi-action movie. Hopefully Black Mesa will do the same.

My wife has epilepsy. I just boght a 37" Vizio hd lcd. Just got the insanely expensive hdmi cable (Holy Spiccoli $40!!!). She hasnt had any problems so far. But she cant play the games I play but she can play older snes games. The motion blur on some units ive heard can make people sick in low light rooms.

It looks kinda goofy. A lot like a power ranger outfit. If I had worn that in Iraq, I would have died from heat exhaustion. ok its a suit of armor but then you would still have to carry water (at least 2 quarts), 200+ rounds of ammo, your 15lb m16 rifle 0r if you were really lucky 45lb m249 saw with ammo drums, is the suit NBC capable? if not youll need to bring a ruck sack with your NBC "snowsuit" with you and face mask pouch, grenades, radio, MRE's,......

Decided to go completely thru all the new media. I gotta say this could be better than HL1 and 2. There really making progress.

Prolly end up like that Marylin Monroe mystery 10 years from now.

Hey you could try Duke Nukem Forever! ...um er when when its done it will be done or its done when its done ok Ill shutup.

In a few years when this is out and most likely popular, a lot of the "younger folk" are probabaly going to mistake Black Mesa Source as the original instead of HL1 back in 98'. Id bet money on it.

Yea Darik is what I use now so I guess ill stick with it. Ill try out that cd burning utility. Thanx all

Ive been using some old software to do the seriouse hdd wipes but I was told there were some better ones out there for free. And does anyone know where I can download some free cd curming software

this is the reason i will stay on xp media center for atleast another year, even though i have a dx10 card.

 

no reason as of now to switch

Yea Im gonna wait for the first vista service pack myself. By that time the nvidia 8900gtx will prolly be out.

Yea heres a teaser trailer. Very cool.

http://mods.moddb.com/4384/black-mesa-source/

Im hoping we dont go to war with anyone anytime soon. Ive been deployed 4 times and am getting a little tired of our government jumping into these issues that dont really concern us. I say they dont concern us because even if north korea managed to make an atomic bomb he's still no threat to the U.S. with our 9000 atomic weapons.

I didnt like the idea of George Bush volunteering myself and 500,000 us troops to "liberate" Iraq. That cost us 3000+ "volunteered" american citizens and $600 billion and counting in our money. Some things we can sit back and let others deal with for a change. Japan, France and Germany arent very happy with them either. What we should be doing is going after Bin Laden with a vengeance and asking GWB how he plans to get back 3000+ american lives and all that american money he just loves to throw at Iraq.

Remember the saying "The tree of liberty must nourished from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants". Folks the Iraqi tree of liberty is firmly planted in the ground in Iraq and is an issue they need to deal with. Is it a noble effort to free Iraq? Yes. But there is a fine line between noble and nessesary. But yet it is clear enuff to trip over.

In GWB's defence though I dont think he understands that he's actually won.

1. He removed Saddam from power. We found him in a hole like the rat he is (literally we found him in a hole!) 2. No weapons of mass destruction were found. Is there any really? Who knows kind of a mute point now. No points for or against GWB on that issue.

3. The Iraqis accepted a free constitution. This is really an unheard of in an islamic society.

4. Iraqs military and police forces are capable of dealing with their own issues now. They have been since I left there towards the end of 2004!

5. Possibility of an Iraqi civil war. Nothing new. Its a middleastern country. This is an issue between the politicle groups in Iraq. GWB is that guy standing between to drunks in a party that are about to fight.

George, step up to the podium and declare a win already and move on. We could really use that right now.

Holy crap! Kneel before the power!

Setup looks great to me. Id go with a little bigger ps too. 750watt seems to be a good all around number. If you ever get a second 8800 youll need it. And I too also have 2 7800 gts in sli. Mine run great but cant run dx10. Guess im upgrading soon too. Also everone here that has purchased an 8800 knows that youll need neew power adapters. Hopefully your will come with some if not their not real expensive.

Yea a lot of lcd hdtv companys use one company for a lot of their monitors and just rename them. For instance, LG monitors are used almost exclusivly for Advent, Maxent, Olevia etc. So when you buy these you may be thinking your buying a cheap alternative to the major brands but your actually buying good LG monitors for cheaper.

i got banned yesterday after tking lunk with a knife, thought lunk banned me so i kicked him via hlsw.

 

 

boy was i red in the face when i figured out it was an auto ban from too many tk's

 

<3 lunk

Thats becuz he didnt get his LITRE of cola!!

That looks awesome. I wonder if we'll get to sink the Bismark or the Yamamoto in the game. ought to be fun.

Bush: i got my sister the same logitech speakers, except the 5.1 for $40 at future shop when they messed up the price tag.

 

Reverend, what monitor do you have out of curiosity?

Its a 22" dell p1230. Works pretty well.

rev, post your rig specs in the sticky up there. this topic is for posting up pics of your gaming setup.

Sticky? whats a sticky? just kidding sorry im old wasnt payin attention.

Didnt include a pic but here it is.

1. AMD athlon 64 4800+ x2 core

2. asus nvidia nforce 4 sli mobo

3. dual evga 7800gt pcix vid cards.

4. 2 gigs ddr2 mushkin ram

5. sblive audigy 2 platinum sound.

6. antec 650 ps.

7. plextor dual layer dvd-r/rw optical drive.

8. multiputpose microdrive for floppy and other memory cards.

9. a great coolermaster centurion case.

10. A lot of games like farcry, fear, painkiller, DA CSS and a cast of many.

I can play just about anything including Doom 3 in ultra mode without a hitch maxed out.

Yea went to barnes and nobles and bought the latest version of comptia's latest Linux +. Read it for a few dyas took the test (long test let me tell ya) got 97%. One question with networking got me I think. Thanx for the input all.

Judas Preist would be at least a bit more tolerable sir.

BTW, whats the newest version of Painkiller anyway?

Pain killer black and gold have been out for about a year now so when i saw a "Special Edition" version on sale for $10 of course I picked it up. Attempted to install it but but it needed a no cd fix. Downloaded cd fix but it would only load to the start screen. Checked the net for game patches and found a huge 1.61 game patch. Downloaded patch and game was able to load only to option screen. Found 1.62 patch and installed it once again I was able to get a little farther but no joy on the play. Installed 1.63 and 1.64 and was overjoyed to get to a game loading screen.... and then variouse popup screens started to appear stating that this or that model or script wasnt found. I have a bs degree in physics and and a 2 year degree computer repair so I began to wonder if maybe my brain was beginning to burn out on me. As I sat and pondered the issue I decided to look at the cd case once again. To my dismay I noticed in the top left corner a small yellow triangle stating this : "Includes 12 levels from the original game!". !?!?!?!?! AND !?!?!?!.... I was basically playing an extended version of the demo of painkiller. And trying to apply patches and fixes to the demo that were for the full game. Moral of the story folks: If it looks to good to be true than mostly likely it is. and