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police brutality map

A while ago (months? years?) someone posted a google map that tracked incidents of police brutality in the US. Anyone know where I might find that? I've been searching high and low...
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Asmuel

Serious health problem

Since march im having a real problems with RSI, mainly my neck, my right point and middle finger are suffering. because of the tention of my neck muscles i have headaches 80% of the days, i cannot …
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Gmanx

Wondering where the spam comes from?

[url="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/10/securitymatters_1004"]http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/10/securitymatters_1004[/u…
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eld

Congrats to Richkid!!!!

Hey Everyone I just wanted to post up a quick Congrats to my Buddy Gavin (RICHKID). He just landed a job at Inxile Entertainment in Newport Beach, CA. It's good to see all your hard work has finall…
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Em.

Heading to Gearbox

I know I don't post often, but I thought I'd mention I'm moving to Gearbox in Dallas in November. I hope to meet some of you Texas devs when that happens. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [e…
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Foehammer

Noob

Hey. Brand new to the community. Will be posting soon.
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Pope Adam

ASH (archaic sealed heat) DS

hey, I just heared about this game planned to be released today in Japan... the fights looks pretty awesome.. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [url="http://touch-ds.jp/crv/vol5/player.html?m…
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Steve Schulze

do you enjoy flying?

yeah I am off to greece for a week next wednesday with the missus. I really am not a fan of flying TBH. I don't freak out, but feel apprehensive all thru the flight. anybody else like this? looking f…
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pliang

polycount email

Does anyone know how to get a polycount.com email address?
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Mark Dygert

OT - Underwater mp3 players?

anyone ever bought one of those? any recommendation?
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Jay Evans

Stranglehold PC

I thought I'd got a bargain, picking up Stranglehold in a game re-seller for £7.99. Now I think I know why.. It runs like a dog. Admittedly the specs are on the box for all to see, but my new dell …
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Gmanx

Moving to Dallas!!?

It looks like I will be moving from Sunny Florida to Damn it's hot Dallas early next year. I should graduate in March with my Bachelors in Computer Animation so hopefully I can start making some of t…
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I_luv_Pixels

Halo 3, Co-Op , whos in?

Ok I figured alot of people are gonna be playing halo 3 for a while, so I figured since its 4 player co-op maybe some of us poly count guys should form up and create parties so we can zip through the…
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Mishra

Deviantcount

Who on deviant? come out and show itself!!! I have found there many people from here...but not all, i think... [url="http://bamnup.deviantart.com/"]i'm here...[/url]
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ironbearxl

Yeah Cats! (Football not real cats.....)

[img]http://www.afl.com.au/Portals/0/galleries/2007/grandfinal/gallery1/GF_postmatch.jpg[/img] Not sure how many of you Aussies are followers of the sport, but just soooo stoked that we won, being …
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achmedthesnake

Thanks, Valve.

So anyone else feeling the same way I am since playing TF2? My thanks comes for two reasons. Firstly, I haven't been this excited for online gaming since the old days of Quake 2 DM. Sure, I play gam…
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Ged

Secret new project announced!!

So our new project got announced at TGS. It's Secret Agent Clank for the PSP. It's shaping up really well and the press so far is digging it. I did a decent amount of the stuff in the trailer. [url=…
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Sinistar

Thanks Bungie

In lieu of the "Thanks, Valve" thread, I'd like to toss up a similar thread for the folks at Bungie. I know at least a few of you visit this forum, so please pass this along to your coworkers. While…
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Penzer

Hotel Chevalier / The Darjeeling Limited

I know there are at least a few Wes Anderson fans in here, so I figured you'd get a reminder to check out Hotel Chevalier, a short film counterpart to the upcoming Darjeeling Limited released on iTun…
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gauss

webpage auto-gallery?

A few months ago someone posted a PHP file that would take a bunch of random images in a web directory and display them in a nice simple table with clickable thumbnails. Does anyone remember or have …
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blankslatejoe

Project Origin's First Trailer

W00T!! [url="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25251.html"]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/25251.html[/url] What do you guys think?
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Tumerboy

Level design vs. 3D Artist?

I was curios if there is a higher demand for level designers or world builders as there is for Character modelers or related positions? Right now im pretty much concentrating on character building b…
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Ryno

Vancouver Get Together

Am thinking it's about time to have another get together for the local Vancouver polycounters. Last one was somewhat a failure way back in October last year. Ideas/Suggestions for places and time. G…
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pliang

Dawn of War: Soulstorm

[url="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6179875.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;4"]http://www.gamespot.com/news/6179875.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;…
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Hito

Question to those in the industry?

I was wondering, just how much freedom do you have in your respective companies, to use the programs you feel comfortable with? Most job listings Ive seen list max/maya as the requirement for (modeli…
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thomasp

Alien Arena 2007 6.10 trailer

[url="http://www.geevee.com/index.php?p=viewvideo&v=6231"]http://www.geevee.com/index.php?p=viewvideo&v=6231[/url] Better quality .avi - [url="http://cor.planetquake.gamespy.com/codered/file…
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Irritant

Dethklok - The Dethalbum

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/999638.jpg[/img] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dethalbum"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dethalbum[/url] All kinds of awesome!!
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SouL

SKRUBBLES CAKE GO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SKRUBBLE BUBBLE [img]http://www.formomsandkids.com/images/products/baby-diaper-cake.jpg[/img]
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D4V1DC

help with new gaming system

lolzers, I posted this in P&P yesterday by mistake! I want to build a new system and here's the [url="http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200708.ars/3"]guide[/url] I'll be following. I've…
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Mongrelman

I've Got a New Article Up on Games Career Guide!

Hey guys, the producer from Introspect and myself (Student game project we completed a while back) were asked to write an article for Game Career Guide on small projects in indie developement. Don't …
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Tulkamir

Web bookmarks?

What do you guys recommend for managing web bookmarks these days? I've been using [url="http://www.mybookmarks.com"]http://www.mybookmarks.com[/url], but it gets so damn slow when I have a large tre…
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Rick Stirling

Metal cake for Lee! (aka almighty gir)

I know you had a GREAT one but Happy Birthday metal god! [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1361/606244868_414e05a7d1_m.jpg[/img] P.S.:Watch out for those underpass encounters you sex machine! [i…
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IronHawk

your texture library

i'd be interested to see how others organize their texture and photo ref libraries. mine is in need of a more organized structure. my texture directory's current state: \Resource Library \\Texture …
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moose

Classes at The Art Institute of Dallas

Hey, just wanted to let people know that I will be teaching an advanced class on characters at the Art Institute of Dallas this upcoming semeseter. I have asked that any alumni in the Dallas area th…
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skankerzero

Tokyo TGS 2007 pics

I've started up an online album for this trip. I'll be updating it every night. TGS starts today, and like an American ass, I'm up at 6am. I'm going to hang out with Hawken this Friday and Saturday…
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Hito

Demo at Shortguy's

Hey, just wanted to let you guys know that I will be giving a demo for "The Short Guy's" this upcoming saturday the 29th at the Collin Community campus off of spring creek. You can find out more inf…
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I_luv_Pixels

What games are you buying this holiday season?

Such a huge lineup this holiday season. What games do you have preordered or are planning on putting down the cash for full price this season?
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PolyHertz

My Bloody Adventure

Not quite as exciting as the subject might make it sound, but I went and donated blood for the first time today. The whole experience was quite painless, and I feel pretty decent about it and wanted …
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Neo_God

HOW DO YOU ADD/INVITE MEMBERS TO STEAM

How the hell do you add/invite members to a community group you created in Steam??? It's driving me nuts.
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TheWinterLord

valley of the sun

a small update from me: just wanted to share that i am moving back to arizona this october to be near my family and home state. i was hired on at cheyenne mountain as a 3d artist and will be contrib…
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Josh_Singh

Weird Squealing

So I've had my new computer for about 2 weeks now and just a minute ago my power supply (i think) started making a high pitched squealing noise, my monitors turned to a shade of green and everything …
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sledgy

Manxies at Austin City Limits

The local buys done good at the Austin City Limits music festival. Did any of you guys get down there?? [url="http://www.iomtoday.co.im/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=3205352&sectionid=5827"]http://…
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r13

iTunes

it keeps finding its way back on my machine. is what they're doing legal? i don't want it. i don't want any software that has such a behavior.
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Illusions

Engagement

So last week me and and the gal went 'ring shopping' and afterwards asked me why we hadn't gotten engaged yet. I said I hadn't thought she was ready and said I didn't think we would be engaged till y…
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almighty_gir

Painting on 3d models directly in the browser

This is pretty cool stuff. [url="http://www.lepers.info/test/pv3d/DrawBall.html"]http://www.lepers.info/test/pv3d/DrawBall.html[/url] hehe
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Pedro Amorim

Another one joins the ranks :)

Well, for those of you who havent heard the [url="http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=226380&an=0&page=2#Post226380"]news[/url] yet.. A few weeks back i've landed a pos…
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Bronco

Yaaaarrrr! International talk like a pirate day!

Avast ye lubbers of wench and ale! Tis' be that time er year again!
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Em.

CakeDay + Dekard = Win!

I see cake by someones name... [img]http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/wp-content/beerpix/heineken-cake.jpg[/img] No really its a cake!
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D4V1DC

Polycount Team Fortress 2 Information PLEASE READ.

So that the folks of polycount can actually enjoy the server we got for Team Fortress 2, we will be passwording it after 8PM EST to allow you guys access to a server that isn't full. Please either P…
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bearkub

Steam Community

The latest update to Steam includes the Steam Community. This allows you to share a profile, and view who's online and what they're playing, and join them, friends, groups, etc. It can be accessed …
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adam

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