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by St. Babu
Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:02 pm
Forum: Hot Deals
Topic: Bioshock $25 shippped at best buy online
Replies: 6
Views: 1236

CampinCarl wrote:
No, it was $25. The tag says $50, but when you take it to the register, it was $25. That's why I now am the proud owner of an orange box. :)


Yup! I picked up Bioshock and Orange Box for $50 total and got Guild Wars GOTY Edition for $10! Yay Black Friday!
by St. Babu
Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Guitar Hero2 Question
Replies: 7
Views: 1613

Re: Guitar Hero2 Question

I wanted some second opinions as I bought Guitar Hero 2 for my Playstation 2 last weekend, on special for $50 off the RRP (I paid only AU$99 total) off and I slid open the box to find that the Guitar is wired (PS2 controller type connection and not USB). Now I can make a decision to take it back so...
by St. Babu
Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:09 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Crysis: Enable Maximum Settings in XP tweak
Replies: 4
Views: 2826

Re: Crysis: Enable Maximum Settings in XP tweak

You can enable the maximum effects in XP by manually editing your game's config file. Runs slow, but faster than vista. http://www.crysis-online.com/forum/index.php?topic=11837.0 download: http://www.ngohq.com/news/12492-crysis-demo-very-high-settings-hack.html I tried it out, and it works. I've go...
by St. Babu
Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:58 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Gears of War (PC) Co-Op
Replies: 20
Views: 9862

OK so i bought it on my lunch break and a little card in the box says "Complete the full cinematic campaign cooperatively online - including 5 new additional game chapters" but this is on a ad for Games for Windows Live, so im guessing maybe you have to have a subscription to do so? The g...
by St. Babu
Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:33 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Gears of War (PC) Co-Op
Replies: 20
Views: 9862

OK so i bought it on my lunch break and a little card in the box says "Complete the full cinematic campaign cooperatively online - including 5 new additional game chapters" but this is on a ad for Games for Windows Live, so im guessing maybe you have to have a subscription to do so? The g...
by St. Babu
Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:37 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Gears of War (PC) Co-Op
Replies: 20
Views: 9862

This is nuts, I've looked EVERYWHERE, I can't find this info. It's not on gearsofwar.com, it's not on MS' GFW website... It's like they want to hide the info!
by St. Babu
Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:17 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Hellgate London
Replies: 14
Views: 1993

Jigar2speed5095 wrote:
Can we play offline ?


Yeah, you don't HAVE to pay-to-play, sorry if I gave that impression. They are reserving updates, hardcore mode, extra character slots, etc. for people that pay a monthly. You can still get the base gameplay without paying.
by St. Babu
Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:06 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Hellgate London
Replies: 14
Views: 1993

You guys that are loving it, do you pay the monthly? I was BIG time hyped for this game until I found out about the monthly fee, and that really turned me off. I've paid for a WoW account in the past, I don't have problems with fees in games that I feel it's justified, but Hellgate seems more like G...
by St. Babu
Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:18 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Gears of War (PC) Co-Op
Replies: 20
Views: 9862

Gears of War (PC) Co-Op

Is anyone playing this yet? Looks cool, but my only interest is in the Co-Op. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find ANYWHERE that will say how many players the Co-Op supports. Is it just 2? 4? Anyone know?
by St. Babu
Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:47 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: LinuxMCE
Replies: 12
Views: 3827

Yeah, but I'm not sure I want a full PC in every room of the house, even if I could afford mini ITX ones. Anyway those MVP things are just thin clients themselves and you get the unit ready to plug straight in with a remote control for under $100. I can understand. It does look like a cool product....
by St. Babu
Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:49 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: LinuxMCE
Replies: 12
Views: 3827

yes I think it's part of a standard desktop install you should be able to just click on the ISO file and it will open a burning dialogue. other wise there'll be something in synaptic that'll do it. EDIT: I've been looking at setting something like this up for a while now but just haven't had time. ...
by St. Babu
Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:47 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: LinuxMCE
Replies: 12
Views: 3827

Let me see if I have this right (I'm a linux newbie)... I'm downloading two .iso files (CD1, and CD2), I need to burn them to CDR obviously, but is that natively possible in Ubuntu or do I need an external program? Can't you just install the add-on to Ubuntu? Yeah, you can. I'm something of a Linux...
by St. Babu
Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:31 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: LinuxMCE
Replies: 12
Views: 3827

I just did a search for it on slashdot. How something this cool has not been slashdotted is beyond me...
by St. Babu
Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:02 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: LinuxMCE
Replies: 12
Views: 3827

LinuxMCE

Anybody out there using LinuxMCE? It's pretty cool, I'm trying to put a couple of boxes together to use it in my new house. Due to its current limitations, I'm going to use the "core" system as a media library, for storing DVD's, mp3's, DivX, etc. The "orbiter" systems I'll run v...
by St. Babu
Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:28 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: World Of Warcraft
Replies: 6792
Views: 1252942

I just re-activated my account with 10-day trial, after a 6 month vacation from game... I feel more behind than I did when I finally got my tank to 60 last May.. I have a couple of Tier 1 bits, and some purple dps gear.. lol, there's Tier 6 now ?! So yeah, playing my wee 30 warlock and 20 priest.. ...
by St. Babu
Thu May 31, 2007 9:13 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: World Of Warcraft
Replies: 6792
Views: 1252942

Lets talk UI's. Does anyone have a good setup that they are using? I am totally redoing my UI since 2.1. I use a crapload of UI's. I'm a priest, and I *LOVE* the Healbot Continued mod ( http://ui.worldofwar.net/ui.php?id=3374 ). Since 2.0, it has to be used a lot differently than it used to be, but...
by St. Babu
Tue May 15, 2007 11:57 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Heroes
Replies: 730
Views: 142865

I have this horrible feeling that the season finale is going to be Peter and Sylar facing off as they both seem about to go supernova. Then the music plays and "To Be Continued...." flashes on the screen. I would be so pissed off. :x :evil: Werd. The "No new eps for a month and a hal...
by St. Babu
Tue May 15, 2007 10:07 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Heroes
Replies: 730
Views: 142865

I'm wanting to know what's up with Sylar's sudden change of heart regarding nuking the city? He was all torn up about killing non-specials and then, in the space of an episode, he's suddenly OK with it, even fascinated by it? "Boom."? I don't like that turn, I thought that showing him acti...
by St. Babu
Mon May 07, 2007 8:33 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Spiderman 3
Replies: 67
Views: 19151

Bruce Campbell's (Evil Dead) little cameo as a french waiter was the best part of the film. And I can't believe I have to say that about a $270million film :o Bruce Campbell is always awesome. However, I'm hardly surprised at the lukewarm reviews. My theory is that the quality of a film is inversel...
by St. Babu
Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:46 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: NAS/Fileserver OS
Replies: 7
Views: 2656

I purchased an Infrant ReadyNAS 1100. Reviews I read say that it's faster than Buffalo's Terastation Pro line. I purchased the "no drives" model, and I'm populating it with 4x500GB Seagate SATA II drives in a RAID 5 for 1.5TB of usable space. I ordered from the 'Egg, should be here in abou...
by St. Babu
Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:33 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: NAS/Fileserver OS
Replies: 7
Views: 2656

Usacomp2k3 wrote:
Well $1600 will get you 2TB of hdd space (1.5 once you factor in RAID5) that is AD aware, etc.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822165047
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/net ... on-pro-ii/


Thx, I'll check those out.
by St. Babu
Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:16 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: NAS/Fileserver OS
Replies: 7
Views: 2656

Usacomp2k3 wrote:
Some NAS appliances can hook into LDAP and allow for AD security, IIRC.


I was looking at building it myself, the NAS appliances I've seen are significantly more expensive than a server I'd build.
by St. Babu
Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:31 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: NAS/Fileserver OS
Replies: 7
Views: 2656

NAS/Fileserver OS

Hey, all. I have an Active Directory-based domain, about 40 users. I'm looking to add a server that will have about 1.5TB of storage available (SATA RAID5, 4 500GB drives on 3ware RAID adapter) for use. I'd like to use AD account-based permissions for the file shares. I'm on a limited budget, so my ...
by St. Babu
Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:21 pm
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: No HD Super Bowl for Indy-area DirecTV subs
Replies: 8
Views: 3064

No HD Super Bowl for Indy-area DirecTV subs

The local affiliate WISH-TV in Indianapolis doesn't broadcast in HD on DirecTV. They are the ONLY major local affiliate NOT to broadcast in HD on DirecTV. They also refuse to grant even a temporary waiver to allow for Indy-area residents to see the Super Bowl via an east-coast CBS feed. So if you li...
by St. Babu
Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:33 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Nuked SD Card. Can it be recovered cheaply?
Replies: 4
Views: 2150

Dirge wrote:
How about checking out this guide to Flash memory data recovery. I think its for USB flash drives but im sure the principle is the same.


Awesome, the software linked in that article, PhotoRec, helped me pull a bunch of the files off the damaged media. Thanks!!
by St. Babu
Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:06 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Nuked SD Card. Can it be recovered cheaply?
Replies: 4
Views: 2150

Nuked SD Card. Can it be recovered cheaply?

Hey, guys. Just got back from a week in Disney World. On our first day, my wife dropped the digital camera. It didn't hurt the camera, but the impact jarred the SD card loose, and she didn't notice until she'd taken a couple more images. Now, when I slot the card, it says it's not formatted. If I pl...
by St. Babu
Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:57 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Smaug better be cool
Replies: 7
Views: 1333

OMG, The Battle of Five Armies on the big screen... SO cool!
by St. Babu
Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:17 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Any Cisco geniuses out there? How to reload a Catalyst2900?
Replies: 2
Views: 1455

Any Cisco geniuses out there? How to reload a Catalyst2900?

Hey, all, wasn't sure whether to put this here or in general hardware, but here goes: My company recently closed one of its locations. We got back some gear from that location that I'd like to redeploy at this location. One item in particular is a Catalyst 2900XL 24-port switch. I don't have an enab...
by St. Babu
Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:28 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The joys of multiple computers
Replies: 51
Views: 11598

My desktop, my laptop, server machine, XP MCE mediaPC, my daughter's PC, my wife's PC and a laptop in the kitchen. All but my laptop see daily usage. Oh, does a hacked Tivo count?
by St. Babu
Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:59 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: FPS motion sickness
Replies: 30
Views: 7987

Games with narrow field of vision (FOV) make me extremely ill. For example, I had no problems at all with Doom 3 or Counterstrike: Source, which both have an FOV of 90 degrees. Half Life 2, on the other hand, has an FOV of 75 degrees, and made me want to vomit after 20 mins. Changing the FOV to 90 ...
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