The Haus

Friday, June 22, 2001

Happy Birthday, Quake! -- 12:19 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Today marks the the fifth birthday of id's Quake! Quake is the game that taught me the wonder that is online gaming. So I guess my wife knows what to blame :) Methos Quake has an interview with id's Tim Willits and ION Storm's John Romero about the game's design. I wonder what would have happened if they would have stuck to the original concept for Quake? Thanks Blue.

The Master comments: And we played a whole lotta Quake3 to celebrate! Hey E-quit "willing" those bots into the void, huh? I need some more kills over here :-)

Thursday, June 21, 2001

Wreck Your GBA -- 1:56 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Yesterday IGN found a control on the back of the Game Boy Advance that they said was a contrast control. Eurogamer found out otherwise.
"A positive and negative voltage controls Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)," the worrying Nintendo statement begins. "The 'contrast control' that you are referring to is actually a flicker control. The adjustment is used to synchronize the positive and negative voltages. If these voltages are out of adjustment then the LCD will no longer respond correctly. The result will be an excess charge built up in the liquid crystal and permanently damage the LCD. The excessive charge gives the appearance of a brighter screen because the liquid crystal is not reacting properly to the voltages applied. When the adjustment of the voltages is correct the changing polarities will not allow a charge to build up, which prolongs the LCD life."
Oops! Thanks Evil Avatar.

Past Two Days' News

Recent Headlines

January 5, 2015: It Returns!
August 10, 2007: SCO SUCKS IT DOWN!
July 5, 2007: Slackware 12.0 Released
May 20, 2007: PhpBB 3.0 RC 1 Released
February 2, 2007: DOOM3 1.31 Patch

January 27, 2007: Join the World Community Grid
January 17, 2007: Flash Player 9 for Linux
December 30, 2006: Darkness over Daggerford 1.2
December 19, 2006: Pocket Tunes 4.0 Released
December 9, 2006: WRT54G 1.01.1 Firmware OK with Linux/Mac

All original information on this website is copyright © TheHaus.Net, 1999-2005. The use of original images, text, and/or code from this website without expressed written consent is prohibited. The authors of this site cannot be held responsible for any damage, real or imagined, which comes from the use of information presented on this site. All trademarks used are the properties of their respective owners. This site is not to be used as a floatation device (but if you try, I want a video tape of it).