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ShowNotes / Show239

Runescape Updates

Nomad�s Requiem
- Reqs
- Overview
- Reward
- Rating
Tweaks and Fixes with Release Notes
- Soul Wars Zeal Calculation
- Inventory lag drop
- Option to not change prayers at an altar
- Item Drop sounds
Postbag 43
Poll: The 2009 RuneScape Awards!

Questions

Audio Q from Eridor

Audio Q from Zac Glen

Dear Shane. I have come to the conclusion that Mike is an avid party goer. Please can you confirm or deny my suspicions. Chris, did you intentionally make your username 'christ' when typed in all lower case letters? Are you attempting to convert us all to worship you as our deity? Brad where do you see RSB&B and yourself at the end of this decade?

Thanks Kenny

Hi Brad and Shane Anderson, I am buying a macbook pro, all of the mac fansites that I've visited say that I should not buy one now because they are likely to release a new one soon. Do you think that they might release one at macworld 2010 in February? Or otherwise, when do you think they'll release one?

Secondly, when I get my macbook pro, I will be needing to run windows on my mac. Obviously, there are 2 obvious options, VM Ware Fusion or Paralells Desktop? Which one is better and why? I read in a mac magazine that Paralells runs windows games better than VM Ware. I am not a hardcore gamer but I occasionally want to play some games. I will also be using Microsoft Word and Publisher a lot for homework. I will be running them in the virtual machine. Please help me decide which one to buy.

From Peter (peterreaper on the forums) (pe ter z on runescape)

Dear Shane, B-rad and Chris,

I have recently gotten bored on runescape, so i have started questing and such to unlock music tracks. PART I How many music tracks do you currently have? PART II I remember from my RSPS days searching through Jagex's model dump, a rough model of a Music skillcape, so do you think theyre will be a bigger reward than the emote for unlocking ALL of the tracks?

Thanks, Piggeh.

Hello guys,

due to the recent "havoc" caused by snow and icy roads in the UK after about a foot of snow fell over the past week, I thought of these questions...

What is your favourite/ least favourite thing about snow? Do you see it as just another form of precipitation or a joyous gift from the gods? Also do you have any funny stories involving snow?

Thanks, Ryan <3

Brad and Chris,

Am I the only person who thinks that Shane bares an uncanny similarity to Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory? Both Shane and Sheldon share an interest in Star Trek and physics and are both quite pedantic. They even talk in a remarkably similar way.

Shane,

Do you look like Sheldon? If you've never seen the program before, links to pictures of him are below. You're both quite tall, so that's a start. It'd be fantastic if you even looking like him too!

aquw 776

Dearest Brad, Shane and Chris.

I'm a long long time listener, first time submitter. I was wondering how often you guys speak outside of recording? And any good movies/books you guys can recommend? P.S. I like hearing your opinions on politics. A lil' sidetrackedness on something political would be delightful.

Tyler.

Dear Shane, Brad, and Chris My first question is would you consider you bedroom to be clean or messy? and can you draw a six in the air while moving your right food in a circle clockwise?

All the best, kyle3285

What is your favorite type of TV show? Do you watch any reality TV?

Zadefranklin

Tech News

USB 3.0 Finally Arrives

As of CES, 17 SuperSpeed USB 3.0-certified products were introduced, including host controllers, adapter cards, motherboards, and hard drives (but no other consumer electronics devices). Still more uncertified USB 3.0 products are on the way, and they can't get here fast enough.

4Gbit transfer speed.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/186566/usb_30_finally_arrives.html

12 hour battery life in a high-end laptop? Asus says yes

An ASUS laptop quietly on display at CES packed two GPUs, a high-end NVIDIA GeForce 310, and a humble Intel GMA... and intelligently switched, second-by-second, between them. The UL80JT can also re-clock its Intel Core i7 CPU on a second-by-second basis. The result of all this micromanagement: miraculous 12-hour battery life in a high-end laptop, available later this year for just over $1,000.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/01/asus-laptop-makes-intel-nvidia-gpus-work-together.ars

A new approach to China

Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our cor

porate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident--albeit a significant one--was something quite different.

1. Not just an attack on Google, twenty other large internet companies were attacked. 2. Accessing accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Subject line and account creation dates. 3. Dozens of human rights advocate accounts have been accessed through malware.

Google will be operating an uncensored version of search in China. If this can not be achieved they will pull out of China and close down their offices.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html